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Detrital sedimentary rock?
Detrital sedimentary rocks are rocks made from pre-existing rocks or debris. One example would be Limestone.
Rocks that form when layers of rock particles are squeezed or stuck together?
I beileve the awnser would be Sedimentary Rocks because you know that if Igneous rocks are weathering, they turn into sediments. And if the sediments are squeezed or stuck together it would make a sedimentary rock. And the rock particles are sediments.
How do you describe a detrital food web?
The detrital food web consists of interconnected food chains that focus on the decomposition processes of nutrients in decayed organic matter. Detrital food webs, placed in comparison to a grazing food web, is more engaged with abiotic components of an ecosystem. Another distinction in detrital food webs is that the energy from producers flow directly to decomposers and detritivores.
How do the ages of the sea sediments compare to the age of the oldest contential rock?
Continental rock is MUCH older than sediments in the sea (unless the sediments in the sea come from continental crust, in which case they would be the same age).
Which environment would most likely not contain fossils?
The vast majority of fossils are found in marine sediments because it is the easiest environment in which to be buried without the original animal or plant rotting or being eaten. Fresh water sediments such as lakes are also good for fossil formation especially when the lake has periodically dried up or a natural disaster has removed a lot of the oxygen from the water. Most fossils of land animals, birds and plants are found in river or lake sediments when the organism has been washed into the water upon death.
What is the difference between old alluvium and new alluvium?
Alluvium refers to clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water. New alluvium are these sediments that are being deposited right now and older alluvium refers to sediments that were deposited a short while before the new alluvium. For example, a 500 years ago some sediments were deposited in a stream bed and last year more sediments were deposited in that same stream bed. The 500 year old sediment would be older alluvium and the 1 year old sediment would be the younger alluvium.
When sediments are disturbed the oldest layers are found at the?
In disturbed sediments without layers, the relative age of the sediments would be unknown.
Would a worm burrow preserved in solid rock be considered a fossil?
Yes, this would be a "trace fossil" or "ichnofossil". They can be very useful when studying the environment of the sediments from which the rock is formed. HTH Dr. C. :)
What is a detrital food web?
The detrital food web involves consuming a dead animal for example, a vulture. The decomposing remains of the carcass become nutrients for the soil, thus returning the minerals back into the ground, possibly nitrates would be involved in the process.
What would happen to large sediments if you were to continue moving?
if you were to continue moving the bottle for a long time what would happen to the large sediments?
What would happen to a metamorphic rock that was wheathered and broken down into sediments?
The sediments made of the metamorphic rock would turn into sedimentary rock.
Detrital sedimentary rock?
Detrital sedimentary rocks are rocks made from pre-existing rocks or debris. One example would be Limestone.
Chemical sediments and its example rocks?
what are the chemical sediments example? An example would be salt. As seawater evaporates from a surface, what is left is salt.
What are unsorted sediments?
\sediments that are in a body of water that are not sorted by their type of sediment. for example, if there were cobbles, pebbles, and silt, in a lake, that would be unsorted
What would sediments look like if they were transported in water?
excrement
Which sediments would a stream carry at 5 cm?
In a stream, heavy sediments settle quickly and finer sediments stay suspended in the water and get carried down stream farther, even as the stream shrinks in size.
Rocks that form when layers of rock particles are squeezed or stuck together?
I beileve the awnser would be Sedimentary Rocks because you know that if Igneous rocks are weathering, they turn into sediments. And if the sediments are squeezed or stuck together it would make a sedimentary rock. And the rock particles are sediments.
