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dejastew

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What occurs during cementation?
 
  A) Additional layers of sediment accumulate and press down on the layers underneath them.
  B) Sediment is heated up, causing them to cement together.
  C) Minerals precipitate from water in the pore spaces between sediment particles and cement them together into rock.
  D) Sediment crystallizes, causing them to cement together.

Question 2

Choose the option that matches the pore particles with the cement it forms upon reaction with water.
 
  A) Feldspar grains become hematite; iron-silicate grains form quartz.
  B) Silicate grains become clay; iron-oxide grains form hematite.
  C) Pyroxene grains become clay; carboN-silicate grains form hematite.
  D) Feldspar grains become clay; iron-silicate grains form hematite.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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