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When seas or lakes evaporate what type of sediment rock forms?
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What rock forms when sediment is transported and then compressed?
igneous rock
Can sedimentary rocks be formed at the bottom of lakes?
Yes they can. Their facies is called "lacustrine".
What is an object that forms when sediment fills a mold and becomes a rock?
It is a cast fossil.
What is granite bedrock?
Bedrock is the rock that underlies the soil and sediment of an area. Granite is a type of igneous rock that forms when silica-rich molten rock cools and solidifies underground.
How is sediment?
The sediment transport by the rock cycle
Where is sediment rock?
Found in most lakes and ponds rivers
What rock forms when sediment is transported and then compressed?
igneous rock
What type of rock forms from layers of sediment?
Sedimentary rock.
Does sediment that is pushed underground forms sedimentary rock?
no they do not
What rock forms when sediment is squezed into layers by the weight of the rock above it?
Metamorphic rock.
What is a rock made of layers of sediment that have fused together?
it forms a sedimentary rock
What type of rock forms when sediment sticks together?
nothing
What is The breaking of rock into sediment by wave action of lakes and rivers?
This is the process of mechanical weathering.
What forms as weather and erosion break down rock?
Sediment forms which may ultimately be deposited and lithify into sedimentary rock.
What rock forms from sediment that gets compacted and cemented together over time?
sedimentary rock
How can sedimentary rock becomes a metamorphic rock?
When the metamorphic rock breaks down into sediment. Thus, making the new rock sedimentary because when sediment forms together over time it makes it sedimentary rock
Is a sediment and magma rock the same?
No. Sedimentary rock forms when broken bits of rock get compressed and cemented together. Igneous or "magma" rock forms when molten rock cools and solidifies, essentially freezing.
