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On your weekly hike, you discover a rock. This rock had different sediment layers. Some layers had marine fossils. Describe what type of rock it is, how it was formed, and how it can become another type of rock

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. Since the rock had different sediments with some of its layers containing marine fossils, then it is a Sedimentary rock which can be either shale, limestone or sandstone.

2.We can say the rock was formed the same way a sedimentary roc is formed . This happens when agents of erosion and weathering ( air, water) disintegrate a rock and carries the sediments from the source area ( in this case from the marine area)to another area usually referred to as area of deposition which over time accumulates and solidify to form a layered rock with marine fossils.

3. A sedimentary rock can either transform to an igneous rock or a metamorphic rock

From Sedimentary to Metamorphic--------> Metamorphic rocks are formed when rocks change their form which is due to pressure and temperature build up in the rocks. Now, when a sedimentary rock exerts pressure and heat within its structured layer, it can lead to a change in its structure forming a metamorphic rock.

From Sedimentary to Igneous Rock----->Igneous rocks are formed from molten magma. Now when there is a volcanic eruption around an area with sedimentary rocks, it melts the rocks and changes thier form and on cooling the rocks transforms to Igneous rock.

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