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Forms as pieces of loose material get pressed or cemented together?
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Sedimentary rocks form as pieces of loose material get pressed or cemented together. The process of forming sedimentary rocks is lithification.
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What are pieces of rock and organic material pressed together?
sedimentary rock
Pieces of rock and organic material pressed together form what?
sedimentary rock
Pieces of rock and organic material pressed together form?
They form sedimentary rock.
Rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolved material?
sedimentary rock
What is a characteristic of sedmentary rock?
Classified by texture and composition Often contains fossils May react with acid Often has layers, flat or curved Usually composed of pieces cemented or pressed together Has great color variety Particle size may be the same or vary Usually has pores between pieces May have cross-bedding, mud cracks, worm burrows, raindrop impressions
What do pieces of sediment that have been pressed and cemented together form?
Sedimentary rock.
What are some definitions of sedimentary rocks?
A rock formed as pieces older rock and sediment get pressed or cemented together.
What forms when pieces older rocks plants and other loose material get pressed or cemented together?
If you press together pieces of rock and organic materials, fossils will form. However, this process takes several years to hundreds of year to complete.
What is it called when rock forms of small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by disolved mineral material?
rock formed of small rocks that are cemented together by dissolved mineral material?
What are pieces of rock and organic material pressed together?
sedimentary rock
Pieces of rock and organic material pressed together form?
They form sedimentary rock.
Pieces of rock and organic material pressed together form what?
sedimentary rock
Rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolved material?
sedimentary rock
What rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolved mineral material?
sedimentary rock
What rock forms when small pieces of other rock are deposited in layers and cemented together by dissolved mineral material?
sedimentary rock
What kind of rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolved mineral material?
Sedimentary Rock
What rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolve mineral material?
Sedimentary rock
