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Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Why does a river deposit sediment on the inside of a river's curve?
  1. Because that's where the water moves faster
  2. Because that's where the water moves slower
Grade 7 Rocks
When granite melts and solidifies, it becomes
  1. a sedimentary rock.
  2. an igneous rock.
  3. a metamorphic rock.
  4. sediments.
Grade 9 Rocks
What is the amount of uniformity in the size of rock or sediment particles called?
  1. packing
  2. atoms
  3. dark matter
  4. cracking
  5. uniformity
  6. sorting
  7. deporting
  8. permeability
Grade 6 Geomorphology
The process in which sediment is laid down in a new location is called
  1. deposition.
  2. erosion.
  3. mass movement.
  4. weathering.
Grade 6 Geomorphology
Grade 7 Rocks
Grade 11 Tectonics
What happens at an active continental margin?
  1. earthquakes keep sediment on the continental shelf.
  2. continent shelves are very wide.
  3. continental shelves are under unusually deep water.
  4. sediment disappears into a trench.
Grade 6 Rocks
Which word or phrase best completes box E on the diagram?
Rock Cycle Diagram With Letters #1
  1. magma
  2. sediments
  3. igneous rock
  4. sedimentary rock
  5. metamorphic rock
Grade 5 Geomorphology
Grade 6 Rocks
Which word or phrase best completes box A on the diagram?
Rock Cycle Diagram With Letters #1
  1. magma
  2. sediments
  3. igneous rock
  4. sedimentary rock
  5. metamorphic rock
Grade 6 Rocks
Foliated rocks are composed of                         .
  1. sediments
  2. organic remains
  3. distinct layers or bands
  4. evaporated chemicals
Grade 4 Geomorphology
What is weathering?
  1. Rocks breaking down into sand and silt over time.
  2. Depositing sediment that has been moved.
  3. Wind, water, and ice carrying away sediment.
  4. Glaciers
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
Grade 6 Geomorphology
Grade 6 Rocks
What geological process can change any type of rock into sediment?
  1. Cooling
  2. Heat and pressure
  3. Melting
  4. Weathering and erosion
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