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In stratified layers of layers of sedimentary what is it called when sediment settles on the bottom and the large grains settle on top?
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Is a sediment rock?
Sediment is the stuff that settles at the bottom of a liquid (such as the bottom of a pond). It can include sand and pebbles but also dead plants and animals. If conditions are right, the sediment can dry out and turn into a sedimentary rock (a rock made from sediment). Sedimentary rocks can contain fossils of plants or animals that fell into the "muck" at the bottom of a body of water. Cool, huh?
What are the particles in sedimentary rocks called?
Sedimentary rocks are made from particles called sediment. They are made from layers of sediment (small particles) on the bottom of rivers or seas. The sediments are compressed as more layers build on top of them. The particles then become cemented together to form solid rocks. The layers of rock are called strata. Sedimentary rocks have a grainy structure and they easily crumble.
How does an intrusive igneous rock become a sedimemtary rock?
It gets eroded (broken down), then buried (maybe at the bottom of the sea), then the fragments become cemented as dissolved minerals fall out of solution to fill the cracks, forming a solid rock. The new rock is sedimentary (from sediment).
Are sedimetary rocks formed from heat and pressure?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from buildup of sediment, or particles of dirt and organic debris and things like that. Think of sedimentary rocks like the bottom of a river bed- stuff builds up on top until it becomes hard and solid- a rock, so pressure is a factor, but not necessarily heat. It is usually metamorphic rocks that involve both heat and pressure.
Which type of rock would likely be found at the bottom of a river bed?
sedimentary
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.
Is a sediment rock?
Sediment is the stuff that settles at the bottom of a liquid (such as the bottom of a pond). It can include sand and pebbles but also dead plants and animals. If conditions are right, the sediment can dry out and turn into a sedimentary rock (a rock made from sediment). Sedimentary rocks can contain fossils of plants or animals that fell into the "muck" at the bottom of a body of water. Cool, huh?
What is the definitoin of sediment?
matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
What is the Material that settles at the bottom of lakes and rivers and oceans?
it is a sediment
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
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.
How is weathering related to the formation of sedimentary rocks?
Weathering is the breaking down of existing rock into smaller pieces that are transported by erosion to a place of deposition, which can lead to compaction and cementation--two processes necessary in the formation of sedimentary rock.
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?
Sedimentary
When sediment settles on the bottom of a lake the largest pieces of rock settle last true or false?
no
Why is sand considered sediment?
Sand is sediment because it settles to the bottom of the water and gunks together. Sand is s very small grain.
Can sedimentary rocks be formed at the bottom of lakes?
Yes they can. Their facies is called "lacustrine".
