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The composition of a sedimentary rock depends upon the composition of the rocks and living things its sediments came from.

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Answer: TRUE

Step-by-step explanation:

Sedimentary rocks are formed from sedimentation, compaction and lithification of sediments. This are formed due to the pressure exerted from the overlying sediments and rocks. For example, sandstone, limestone, shale and mudstone.

Sedimentary beds are suitable for deposition of fossils because fossils when embedded in it undergoes continuous sedimentation and lithification, thereby preserves the fossils in it.

Therefore, it can be conclude that the sedimentary rocks are directly derived from the deposited sediments as well as the fossils embedded in it.

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