You are given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence that supports the given input.

Let me give you an example: In spite of this reduced heat input, the surface temperature of Venus is higher than that of the Earth.
The answer to this example can be: Venus has a warmer average surface temperature than earth.
Here is why: Output statement supports the input statement's claim about the temperatures of Venus being higher than the earth.

OK. solve this:
The layers are parallel to each other because they were formed by sediments falling to the bottom of the seas in horizontal layers (see above), but when the continents crashed together at a convergent boundary, the rocks and sediment under the sea were squished and folded.
Answer:
When sediments settle out of water, they form horizontal layers.