Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
|
|
|
1.
|
What
type of sediment particles have worn surfaces and rounded corners? a. | sorted | c. | clastic | b. | unsorted | d. | dissolved | | | | |
|
|
|
2.
|
What
type of bedding has the heaviest and coarsest material is on the bottom? a. | graded | c. | cementation | b. | clastic | d. | metamorphic | | | | |
|
|
|
3.
|
What
type of sedimentary rock is coarse-grained with angular fragments? a. | foliates | c. | conglomerates | b. | nonfoliates | d. | breccias | | | | |
|
|
|
4.
|
What
results when rocks come in contact with molten rocks such as those in an igneous
intrusion? a. | precipitation | c. | contact
metamorphism | b. | regional | d. | hydrothermal metamorphism | | | | |
|
|
|
5.
|
The
metamorphism of limestone results in the formation of ____. a. | quartzite | c. | gneiss | b. | marble | d. | silver | | | | |
|
Matching
|
|
|
Match
each item with the correct process below. a. | Asymmetrical ripple marks | b. | Cross
bedding | c. | Deposition of only fine sands | d. | Deposition of marine
fossils | e. | Deposition of four-footed animal fossils | f. | Graded
bedding | g. | Sorted deposition | h. | Symmetrical ripple
marks | i. | Unsorted deposition | j. | Unsorted
deposition | | |
|
|
|
6.
|
Marine
landslide
|
|
|
7.
|
Landslide
|
|
|
8.
|
Presence of
dry land
|
|
|
9.
|
One-way wave
action of wind or water
|
|
|
10.
|
Glacier
|
|
|
11.
|
Wind or
water action
|
|
|
12.
|
Presence of
a sea
|
|
|
13.
|
Wind or
water action
|
|
|
14.
|
Wind
action
|
|
|
15.
|
Back-and-forth wave action
|
Short Answer
|
|
|
Compare and contrast each pair of related terms or phrases.
|
|
|
16.
|
sedimentary,
metamorphic
|
|
|
17.
|
conglomerate, evaporite
|
|
|
18.
|
foliated,
nonfoliated
|
|
|
19.
|
How do
chemical sedimentary rocks form?
|
|
|
20.
|
How does
foliation form?
|