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When pressure is applied to pieces of sediment, compaction takes place. Compaction is the process in which pieces of sediment are under severe pressure and it becomes solid rock. Therefore, pressure turns pieces of sediment into sedimentary rock.
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What can pressure in cement layers of eroded sediment into rock?
DINGOES
What causes pressure for sedimentary rocks?
The pressure is from the weight of rock and sediment layered on top of the rock in question.
Does Sand forms by Heat Pressure?
No. Sand is a type of sediment. Therefore it is a type of sedimentary rock, and is not formed by heat or pressure.
What 3 things makes new rocks out of old rocks?
heat, pressure, and sediment.
What is the formation of large rocks from particles of sediment that occurs pressure is appiled?
Sedimentary because it has sediments.
Why is sediment size alone not enough to classify clastic rock?
becuse sediment alone is not enough to classify clastic rock because clastic rock is made up of more than just sediment
Why is there sediment in your well water?
There is often sediment because it comes out of the ground and up a steel pipe. Fit a sediment filter at the pressure tank, it's very easy.There is often sediment because it comes out of the ground and up a steel pipe. Fit a sediment filter at the pressure tank, it's very easy.
What does pressure from above remove from sediment to form sedimentary rocks?
The overburden pressure removes air and water, and therefore space, from between sediment particles.
How are rocks made?
When pressure pushes down on sediment, the sediment turn solid because they have sat aside for a long time and the pressure builds up to form a rock.
Which of the following conditions are necessary to cause loose sediment to become sedimentary rock?
There are no following conditions. Pressure will make loose sediment into rock, the pressure may derive from the weight of water or other rocks above the sediment.
How does sedimentary rock change into sediment?
Heat & pressure
What can pressure in cement layers of eroded sediment into rock?
DINGOES
Why is sediment in your well water?
There is a certain amount of sediment in all well water - it is coming out of the ground remember. Every well should have a sediment filter before the pressure tank.
What causes pressure for sedimentary rocks?
The pressure is from the weight of rock and sediment layered on top of the rock in question.
What type of reaction occurs to fossils under pressure in the sediment?
Chimical
How do grains of sediment stick together to form rock?
pressure or cementing
Which best explains how natural gas deposits formed?
Pressure from sediment turned decaying plankton at the bottom of the ocean into natural gas.
