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What s at the bottom of the earth?

We know that the sea floor is composed of old basaltic rock called SIMA . The sea floor mostly contains sand (which came from a continent ) , some marine sediment, continental sediment and some types of sediment . We also get some resources from the sea floor, like petroleum, and some marine resources, but then again the sea floor is the least explored thing on our planet. Answer: You can also find starfish at the bottom of the sea floor. Along with seaweed and other plants that grow on the sea floor.


What is the ocean bottom called?

The deepest parts of the ocean floor are caused by plate tectonic subduction and occur where the sea floor sinks back into the mantle in a subduction zone. These areas are called deep sea trenches and the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.


Why do sediments settle to the bottom of a lake or sea?

Sediments settle to the bottom of a lake or sea due to gravity. When the water movement slows down, the sediment particles that were suspended in the water column start to settle out. Over time, these sediment particles accumulate on the lake or sea floor, forming layers of sediment.


Why do rock and not fossils form sedimentary rock and not igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


Where would you expect to find the oldest sedimentary?

Main locations of sedimentary rock is at the bottom of a water source such as an ocean.As rivers flow to the sea, they may carry mud, sand, pebbles, and boulders along the way. The river drops this material, called sediment, into the sea. As layers of sediment build up over a period of many years, the great pressure of all these layers changes the sediment into sedimentary rock. Therefor you might be able to find sedimentary rock at the bottom of the ocean or a lake or river.

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What s at the bottom of the earth?

We know that the sea floor is composed of old basaltic rock called SIMA . The sea floor mostly contains sand (which came from a continent ) , some marine sediment, continental sediment and some types of sediment . We also get some resources from the sea floor, like petroleum, and some marine resources, but then again the sea floor is the least explored thing on our planet. Answer: You can also find starfish at the bottom of the sea floor. Along with seaweed and other plants that grow on the sea floor.


What made the Midwest so flat?

The midwest was once an inland sea. Over time organic sediment that sunk to the bottom of the sea created a uniformly flat surface on the sea floor. When the sea dried the sediment was left uniformly flat.


What is the ocean bottom called?

The deepest parts of the ocean floor are caused by plate tectonic subduction and occur where the sea floor sinks back into the mantle in a subduction zone. These areas are called deep sea trenches and the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans.


Why do sediments settle to the bottom of a lake or sea?

Sediments settle to the bottom of a lake or sea due to gravity. When the water movement slows down, the sediment particles that were suspended in the water column start to settle out. Over time, these sediment particles accumulate on the lake or sea floor, forming layers of sediment.


What is the amount a river drops toward sea level called?

the gradient


Why do rock and not fossils form sedimentary rock and not igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


Where would you expect to find the oldest sedimentary?

Main locations of sedimentary rock is at the bottom of a water source such as an ocean.As rivers flow to the sea, they may carry mud, sand, pebbles, and boulders along the way. The river drops this material, called sediment, into the sea. As layers of sediment build up over a period of many years, the great pressure of all these layers changes the sediment into sedimentary rock. Therefor you might be able to find sedimentary rock at the bottom of the ocean or a lake or river.


What are samples from the oceans bottom called?

sea bed


What is the difference between sea sediment and iolite?

Sea sediment is mud found at the bottom of an ocean. "Iolite" is another name for the mineral cordierite, a magnesium iron aluminum silicate, which is noted for unusually strong pleochroism. Transparent cordierite makes beautiful gemstones, in shades of blue.


The bottom of the ocean is called?

The bottom of an ocean is typically called the seafloor. Although the seafloor can have variant geographical features such as mountains or volcanos, a normal, and flat terrain is called the seafloor.


Why do fossils form in sedimentary rock and not in igneous rock?

Because sedimentery rock is formed under the sea, sediment collects at the bottom of the ocean, and so does a few dead sea creatures, then t gets squashed by other sediment, igneous rock is formed by lava cooling, so there is no fossils in it.


What do pirates call the bottom of the sea?

Pirates commonly refer to the bottom of the sea as "Davy Jones' Locker." This phrase is used to symbolize death or the final resting place for sailors and pirates. It is a way of saying someone has gone down to the deep, dark depths of the ocean.