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Which process forms sedimentary rock in the rock cycle after sediments accumulate and combine?
Sediments undergo heat and pressure.
Sedimentary rock weathers and erodes.
Sediments compact and cement together.
Sedimentary rock experiences cooling and melting.
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Sediments compact and cement together.
(This lithification — compaction and cementation — turns accumulated sediments into sedimentary rock. Heat and pressure → metamorphic; weathering/erosion → breaks down rock; melting → igneous.)
(This lithification — compaction and cementation — turns accumulated sediments into sedimentary rock. Heat and pressure → metamorphic; weathering/erosion → breaks down rock; melting → igneous.)
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