PLEASE HELP Describe the relationship between the three processes important to sedimentary rock formation: deposition, compaction and cementation.

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How do you think the formation of fossils in sedimentary rock disrupts or alters the process of sedimentary rock formation? In other words, how does the formation of a fossil fit into the process of sedimentary rock formation? Defend your answer.

Astudent pours 10.0 g of salt into a container of water and observes the amount of time it takes for the salt to dissolve. she then repeats the process using the same amounts of salt and water but this time she slowly stirs the mixture while it is dissolving. the student performs the experiment one more time but this time she stirs the mixture rapidly. the dependent variable in this experiment is: time for salt to dissolve speed of stirring amount of water mass of salt