Question

read the text. then answer the question. sand, mud, and boulders were deposited at the edge of a glacier. over time, the glacier melted. a lake covered the area and mud was deposited. over thousands of years, the lake dried up, and the area became a desert. sand was deposited by wind on top of the older sediment. a rock sequence formed from the sediment layers described above. put the following rocks in order to show what this rock sequence probably looked like. younger shale sandstone conglomerate older

Explanation:

• Conglomerate is formed from sand, mud, and boulders (earliest deposit at glacier edge).
• Shale is formed from mud (deposited after glacier melted and lake formed).
• Sandstone is formed from sand (deposited after lake dried up and desert formed).

Answer:

younger: sandstone, shale, conglomerate : older