EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Sedimentary rocks are formed from pieces of other existing rock or organic material. There are three different types of sedimentary rocks: clastic, organic (biological), and chemical. Clastic sedimentary rocks, like sandstone, form from clasts, or pieces of other rock.

Detailed explanation-2: -Clastic sedimentary rocks are made up of pieces (clasts) of pre-existing rocks. Pieces of rock are loosened by weathering, then transported to some basin or depression where sediment is trapped.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sediment is material eroded off other rocks that is then worn down into pieces ranging in size from microscopic particles to pebbles to boulders. It is often carried from its source-the rock or mineral deposit it was eroded from-by wind or water and deposited in other areas, sometimes hundreds of miles away.