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What is rock called that is formed from bits of rocky material that settles to the bottom of rivers lakes and oceans?
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Clastic sedimentary rock is sedimentary rock that is formed from rock particles.
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What type of rock is formed when soil settles at the bottom of ponds and rivers?
Sedimentary rock.
What does the word sediment mean and how does it relate to sedentary?
Sediment natural material the has broken down and been carried by a fluid. The mud at the bottom of river is sediment. Sedimentary rock, for example, is rock formed by the compression of mud.Sediment and sedentary share the Latin root sedere, which means 'to sit'. Sediment settles or sits at the bottom of bodies of water, and some one is is sedentary is seated a lot.
Sedimentary rock that is formed from material that was once alive?
It is called an organic rock.
What is the base geological material from which soil is formed?
parental material
What mountain is formed by geothermal pressure or material discharge?
The materials that have been ejected off a pressured mountain is called a "VOLCANO"
What type of rock is formed when soil settles at the bottom of ponds and rivers?
Sedimentary rock.
How is a cast fossil formed?
a Cast fossil is formed when the mold is filled with another material forming a cast.
When boulders sand clay and silt drop from a glacier it is called?
The material formed is called till. The structure formed is called a moraine.
What is the land formed by deposition at the bottom of a mountain?
It is called scree.
What does the word sediment mean and how does it relate to sedentary?
Sediment natural material the has broken down and been carried by a fluid. The mud at the bottom of river is sediment. Sedimentary rock, for example, is rock formed by the compression of mud.Sediment and sedentary share the Latin root sedere, which means 'to sit'. Sediment settles or sits at the bottom of bodies of water, and some one is is sedentary is seated a lot.
What is the organic material formed soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals called?
It is called humus.humus
What is the organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals are called?
It is called humus.
What are deposist formed from windblown dust called?
Wind deposition is when material (usually sand and dust), carried by the wind, is dropped out of the wind and settles on the surface. Such deposition usually results in sand dunes near the shore, or drifts of sand across a road making travel difficult until cleared.
Sedimentary rock that is formed from material that was once alive?
It is called an organic rock.
What material formed when bread turns black when burned?
The material formed is Carbon.
What common rock is formed from the solidification of molten material?
porous rocks called igneous rocks
Material from which a soil is formed?
Parent Material.
