Homework Help: Science

Posted by Raven on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 5:30pm.

(1)A geologist was studying rocks in a mountain range. She found a layer of sedimentary rock that had formed in the ocean. Hypothesize how this could happen.
My (Answer) Sedimentary rocks forms when sediments have been pressed or cemented together , or when minerals form from solutions. Its possible that the sediments or loose materials could have been moved from the mountain by wind or erosion into the ocean. This caused the sedimentary rocks to form in the ocean.

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