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What type of rock is found in layers and forms when bits of settles to the bottom of rivers lakes and oceans igneous metamorphic or sedimentary?
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What type of rock is formed when soil settles at the bottom of ponds and rivers?
Sedimentary rock.
What changes are involved when mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock then into a metamorphic rock?
The sediments on the lake bottom undergo lithification and become sedimentary rock. Further compaction, pressure, and heat turn it into metamorphic rock.
From the rock cycle describe the changes that an igneous rock could undergo?
As describe by the rock cycle, an igneous rock can undergo three types of changes. First, it can be weathered and then compacted into a sedimentary rock, such as obsidian weathered into shale. Next, an igneous rock can, through heat and pressure, be changed into a metamorphic rock. Granite, which is an igneous rock, can be metamorphosed into gneiss. Finally, an igneous rock can be be melted and then cooled into another igneous rock. For example granite, which results from relatively slow cooled magma in the Earth's crust, can be re-melted and rapidly cooled, turning it into obsidian.
What is rock called that is formed from bits of rocky material that settles to the bottom of rivers lakes and oceans?
Clastic sedimentary rock is sedimentary rock that is formed from rock particles.
How many different types of rocks are there in the world?
There are three different rock types which are called igneous; rocks formed by the cooling of lava and magma (molten rock), sedimentary; rocks formed when weathered particles of other rocks and fossils are compacted and cemented together at the bottom of rivers and the sea and metamorphic; formed when other rocks are changed by heat and pressure underground. There are many individual rocks within each of these categories.
What type of rock is formed when soil settles at the bottom of ponds and rivers?
Sedimentary rock.
The name of this rock comes from material which settles to the bottom of a liquid?
sedimentary
Where are the three types of rocks found?
Sedimentary rocks are found generally at the bottom of an ocean as this is where eroded material falls. Igneous rocks are found near volcanoes as they are molten rock. Metamorphic rock can be found anywhere, as it is formed in the ground and slowly comes up to the surface (but it is made of igneous or sedimentary rocks.)
What changes are involved when mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock then into a metamorphic rock?
The sediments on the lake bottom undergo lithification and become sedimentary rock. Further compaction, pressure, and heat turn it into metamorphic rock.
What is the suction on the bottom of the rocks of the sea bottom?
Basalt, which is a mafic igneous extrusive rock.
What process must a sedimentary rock go through to become one?
A sedimentary rock gets buried within the crust due to the movement of the plate tectonics; gets baked and becomes a metamorphic rock OR gets melted and solidifies to become an igneous rock. When the rocks (either metamorphic or igneous or both) are exposed, weathering and erosion occurs and the rock sediments are transported where they deposit at the bottom of a water body and get compacted (by the weight of the layers of sediments above) and cemented (by the minerals dissolved in the water) to become a sedimentary rock.
What part of the sedimentary of rock is the oldest?
Protolith is a term used to describe the parent rock of a metamorphic rock. Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock that can be composed of clasts of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks, or any number of combinations of all.
From the rock cycle describe the changes that an igneous rock could undergo?
As describe by the rock cycle, an igneous rock can undergo three types of changes. First, it can be weathered and then compacted into a sedimentary rock, such as obsidian weathered into shale. Next, an igneous rock can, through heat and pressure, be changed into a metamorphic rock. Granite, which is an igneous rock, can be metamorphosed into gneiss. Finally, an igneous rock can be be melted and then cooled into another igneous rock. For example granite, which results from relatively slow cooled magma in the Earth's crust, can be re-melted and rapidly cooled, turning it into obsidian.
What is form When an insoluble substance settles to the bottom of a liquid?
Any solid that sinks to the bottom of a liquid can be called a sediment.
What is rock called that is formed from bits of rocky material that settles to the bottom of rivers lakes and oceans?
Clastic sedimentary rock is sedimentary rock that is formed from rock particles.
In stratified layers of layers of sedimentary what is it called when sediment settles on the bottom and the large grains settle on top?
Reverse Grading.
What 2 groups of rock are formed from all 3 kinds of rock?
Technically all 3 can make up each Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous. But the process of metamorphosis is really kinda of linear, and you can only metamorphose a Metamorphic further, so the answer to your question would really be: Igneous and Metamorphic. Here is the explanation of the Rock Cycle: # Magma cools to form igneous rock after a volcanic event. # Igneous rock undergoes weathering to form sediment. The sediment is taken somewhere and deposited. (i.e. the beach, delta, bottom of a body of water or in sand dunes). # The deposited sediment undergoes a the processes that turns it into a rock). (i.e. cementation (think of concrete hardening, but over a much longer period of time) and compaction.) # As the Sedimentary rock becomes buried under more sediment, it goes deeper into the earth. The heat and pressure cause metamorphism to occur. This transforms the sedimentary rock into a Metam orphic rock. This can also happen by a force called Subduction. This happens when one tectonic plate rides up on the other, forcing the lower plate to be pushed deep into the earth. This will happen to the point where it melts and become Magma (see #1) # As the metamorphic rock is buried more deeply (or as it is squeezed by increasing subduction depths), temperatures and pressures will keep rising. when the temperature becomes hot enough, the metamorphic rock melts. The molten rock once again magma. Thus finishing the cycle, starting back at #1. Given that information. There are shortcuts. # Any rock type can be weathered forming sediments, followed by transportation and deposition of the sediment. Metamorphic and Sedimentary rocks can also undergo weathering/erosion. 2. Igneous rocks can undergo metamorphism (with added heat and pressure) to become metamorphic rocks. So Therefore, Igneous rock can be eroded into sediments, Ultimately becoming Sedimentary rock. And it can also be metamorphosed by heat and pressure, becoming a Metamorphic Rock before being melted into Igneous. Sedimentary Rock can also be eroded into sediments, Ultimately becoming another Sedimentary rock. And it can also be metamorphosed by heat and pressure, becoming a Metamorphic Rock before being melted into Igneous. Metamorphic Rock can be eroded into sediments, Ultimately becoming Sedimentary rock. And it can also be metamorphosed farther by heat and pressure, becoming another type of Metamorphic Rock in the line before being melted into Igneous.
