Sedimentary rock is formed ________

A) the cooling of igneous rock
B) as sediment materials are pressed together and infiltrated by minerals
C) the heating of igneous rock by the heat of the core
D) vaporization of organic material by magma
E) from the melting of metamorphic rock


B

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