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The rocks that are formed at the earth's surface by the accumulation and cementation of fragments of earlier rocks, minerals, and organisms:


A) metamorphic rocks

B) igneous rocks

C) sedimentary rocks

D) residual rocks

Correct Answer:
C) sedimentary rocks


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