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Classified by texture and composition
Often contains fossils
May react with acid
Often has layers, flat or curved
Usually composed of pieces cemented or pressed together
Has great color variety
Particle size may be the same or vary
Usually has pores between pieces
May have cross-bedding, mud cracks, worm burrows, raindrop impressions
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What is the middle layer of the sedmentary rock?
The middle layer of sedimentary rocks is known as the interbedded layer or interbeds. These layers form between the top and bottom layers of sedimentary rock and are composed of varying types of sediment. The interbedded layers provide important information about the environmental conditions during the rock formation process.
What are the similar characteristic of obsidian rock?
an odsidian rock is black,shiny and kinda glassy.
What is an accessory mineral?
An accessory mineral is a mineral present in small amounts in a rock, but not considered to be characteristic of the rock.
What are the characteristic of asteroids?
they are hot blue and black
Which characteristic determines whether a rock is classified as a shale a siltstone a sandstone or a conglomerate?
the particle size of the sediments within the rock
Is limestone a sedmentary rock or a metamorphic rock?
Sedimentary
What will happen if a sedmentary rock is exposed to heat and pressure?
It, like any rock, would turn into a Metamorphic rock.
What are 4 steps for a sedmentary rock to form?
Deposition, Compaction, Cementation and Lithification
What rock would you find along a divergent place and why?
What type of rock igneous sedmentary or metamorphic would u find in a divergent place
What are sedmentary rocks?
well .; sedimentary rocks are the type of rock that is formed by SEDIMENTATION of material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water !.
What are sedmentary rock made of?
Three examples of sedimentary rock are: slate (which is compressed silt or mud); sandstone (which is compressed sand grains); limestone (which is the skeleton remains of minute shelled sea creatures).
What are sedmentary rocks subtype?
metaphorfic subgroup
What are sedmentary rocks from distinctive layers called?
VOCA
How is a sedmentary rock form?
sediment gets compressed together over long periodsmof time and with heat they get compacted into rocks
Is sedimentary rock sandy?
Not necessarily. There is a special class of sedmentary rocks, called sandstones, which are dominated by sand-sized grains. Other sedimentary rocks, such as shale, contain much finer grains.
What is the middle layer of the sedmentary rock?
The middle layer of sedimentary rocks is known as the interbedded layer or interbeds. These layers form between the top and bottom layers of sedimentary rock and are composed of varying types of sediment. The interbedded layers provide important information about the environmental conditions during the rock formation process.
How does a rock grow and get bigger?
A rock cannot grow. Growth is a characteristic of a living thing.
