The preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past.

The process of binding and hardening of sediments into hard work.

The rocks made of layers of compressed sediments.

The process of break down or rock with water, wind, and ice.

The fuels formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals; coal, oil, and natural gas.

The bits of rocks, soil, sand, shells, and the remains of organisms,

The moving of broken down rocks, sediments, from one place to another.

The process which overlaying pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments.

The process by which dead plants and animals decay or rot.

The process in which broken down rocks are dropped in an area after being eroded.