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Which rock form in layers from small pieces of rock minerals or dead origanisms?
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Sedimentary rock
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What is the rock that forms in layers of small pieces?
The rock that forms in layers of small pieces is called sedimentary rock. It is made up of fragments of other rocks, minerals, or organic material that have been weathered and transported by wind, water, or ice before settling and lithifying into solid layers. Examples of sedimentary rocks include sandstone, shale, and limestone.
What is formed by the the small pieces of volcanic glass minerals and ash from a volcano?
sediments
What does a rock consist of?
Small solid materials that come from pieces of rocks and living organisms
Rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolved material?
sedimentary rock
Water and wind can break rock into small pieces what happens to these small pieces when they break away?
become part of the soil
What is the rock that forms in layers of small pieces?
The rock that forms in layers of small pieces is called sedimentary rock. It is made up of fragments of other rocks, minerals, or organic material that have been weathered and transported by wind, water, or ice before settling and lithifying into solid layers. Examples of sedimentary rocks include sandstone, shale, and limestone.
What do minerals have to do with soil?
Soils is made up of small pieces of minerals, rocks and organic material.
What is formed by the the small pieces of volcanic glass minerals and ash from a volcano?
sediments
What does a rock consist of?
Small solid materials that come from pieces of rocks and living organisms
What rock is light Brown small sand sized pieces of quartz cemented together in layers?
Sandstone i believe
What is A sedimentary rock that is made out of small pieces of existing rocks or minerals said to be?
It is said to be a clastic sedimentary rock.
Rock forms when small pieces of other rocks are deposited in layers and are cemented together by dissolved material?
sedimentary rock
What minerals found in rocks can attract materials containing iron?
Magnetite (lodestone) is the most magnetic of all the naturally occurring minerals on Earth and will attract small pieces of iron.
How is mudstone made?
Mudstone is a mudrock. It is made of clay minerals and other very small pieces of rock. Mudstone is sedimentary.
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 type of rock weathers most rapidly?
Small pieces of clay. The totality of the clay minerals present in small pieces of clay would be washed away more quickly than the totality of the clay minerals present in the large blocks of clay. Granite, large pieces or small, would weather more slowly than clay.
