Sediments

Which one of the following answer choices is not one of the three terms used to classify rocks? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Lava

What answer choice best describes particles of organic or inorganic matter that accumulate loose, unconsolidated form? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Metamorphic Rocks

• Sediments

• Igneous Rocks

What answer choice is NOT one of the ways sediments originate or are created? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• From the weathering and erosion of rocks

• From the inactivity of living organisms

• From volcanic eruptions

• From the behavior and movements of organisms while they were living

• From chemical processes within H₂O itself

Based on diameter, what answer choice best describes the largest sediment? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Boulder

• Cobble

• Pebble

• Granule

• Silt

Based on diameter, what answer choice best describes the smallest sediment? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Cobble

• Pebble

• Granule

• Silt

• Clay

What answer choice best describes the sediment with the diameter of rock recorded at 64 to 256 mm? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Cobble

• Pebble

• Granule

• Silt

• Clay

According to the Krumbein Phi Scale, what answer choice best describes a sediment with the diameter of 4 to 64 mm? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Cobble

• Pebble

• Granule

• Silt

• Clay

What answer choice best describes a rock texture resulting from the aggregation of mineral grains of 2 to 4 mm in diameter? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Cobble

• Pebble

• Granule

• Silt

• Clay

What answer choice best describes a sediment derived from land and transported to the ocean by wind and flowing water? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Biogenous Sediment

• Cosmogenous Sediment

• Hydrogenous Sediment

• Terrigenous Sediment

What answer choice best describes a sediment of biological origin? (from Lecture & Notes: Intro to Sediments)

• Biogenous Sediment

• Cosmogenous Sediment

• Hydrogenous Sediment

• Terrigenous Sediment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3