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What is term given to soil that settles in water?

The term for soil that settles in water is sediment. Sediment is the material that is carried and deposited by water, wind, or glaciers.


How does absorbancy work?

The fluid just settles in the pores (air pockets/holes)of the material.


What is the name of the process by which the material carried by a stream or river settles is dropped?

The process by which the material carried by a stream or river settles or is dropped is called deposition. This occurs when the velocity of the water decreases, causing it to lose the energy needed to carry sediment, which then settles to the riverbed.


Most of the loose material that settles on the ocean floor probably comes from?

what is the loose material that settles on the bottom of the ocean called


What is a material on the bottom of a stream?

Silt is one type of material found on the bottom of a stream. Silt is fine and can be carried along in moving water, but is heavyier than water, so settles out of the water as it slows. It can be organic or mineral.


What is the Material that settles at the bottom of lakes and rivers and oceans?

it is a sediment


Material thrown out from an impact crater settles to form which of the following structures?

Material thrown out from an impact crater settles to form a raised rim or ejecta blanket around the crater.


How does snow get dirty?

Dust in the air settles on it.


The name of this rock comes from material which settles to the bottom of a liquid?

sedimentary


What is the densest layer of the solid earth?

The densest material settles to the core.


What is the insoluble material that settles at the bottom of a container?

The insoluble material that settles at the bottom of a container is typically called sediment or precipitate. It is composed of solid particles that have separated from a liquid due to factors such as gravity or chemical reactions.


Any foreign material added to air or bodies of water is called?

Foreign material that is added to air or bodies of water are called pollutants. Examples would be smog, oil, smoke, and trash.