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What are two reasons the particles in a sedimentary rock stick together?
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Compression due to pressure from overlying sediments and the presence of cementing substances such as clay and/or iron.
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They type of sedimentary rock that forms when sediments stick together?
Detrital sedimentary rock. clastic sedimentary A+
Sediment forms layers pressure from water and top layers over thousands of years cause lower layers to stick together and to form what?
Sedimentary rocks
Is clay cohesive?
Yes the particles of clay stick together when not suspended in water- this is what makes it cohesive, however when in water the clay particles separate and so can be held in suspension with almost nul energy!
What common school item is made from a sedimentary rock?
A stick of chalk.
How do particles in rocks fit together?
Being interlocked is the way crystals fit together in rocks like granite. It is the overlapping and fitting together of projections and recesses.
Which rock is formed when particles stick together?
The rock formed when particles stick together is called Sedimentary Rock. The type of this rock depends on the composition and texture of the particles sticking together.
What type of sedimentary rock forms when sediments stick together?
nothing
What do particles do when sound is louder?
they stick together
They type of sedimentary rock that forms when sediments stick together?
Detrital sedimentary rock. clastic sedimentary A+
Type of sedimentary rock that forms when sediments stick together?
Limestone, Sandstone.
How does a sedimentary rock contain pieces of igneous rocks?
Igneous rock pieces can stick together through cementation to form sedimentary rocks.
Pieces of metamorphic rock and pieces of sedimentary rock stick together to form a new rock?
clastic
How do sedimentry rock form?
sedimentary rocks are formed when sediments have pressure put on them and they stick together x
What causes the particles to the atom to stay together?
Particles in an atom have opposite electrical charges, which cause the particles to attract each other, kind of like how positive and negative magnets stick together.
What causes of the particles of the atom stay together?
Particles in an atom have opposite electrical charges, which cause the particles to attract each other, kind of like how positive and negative magnets stick together.
What is the ability of particles to stick together and pull each other along?
The tenseness and pressure keeps them stuck together.
What occurs when small particles collide and stick together to form larger masses?
accretion
