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Grade 6 Rocks
What process occurs to change sedimentary rock into igneous rock?
  1. sediments melted
  2. sediments compacted
  3. sediments weathered
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Terrigenous sediment is
  1. derived directly from land.
  2. from the mid-ocean rift valley.
  3. produced by the abyssal plains.
  4. composed of mud and the remains of tiny plants and animals.
Grade 8 Science
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
When a river enters a large body of water, the water generally
  1. speeds up an erodes more sediment.
  2. speeds up and deposits sediment.
  3. slows down and erodes more sediment.
  4. slows down and deposits sediment.
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Grade 9 Rocks
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Most sediment is transported by                .
  1. wind storms
  2. gravity
  3. dump trucks
  4. moving water
Grade 8 Rocks
A detrital rock is named according to
  1. its age.
  2. its location.
  3. the shape and size of the sediments.
  4. the color of the sediments.
Grade 4 Oceanography and Hydrology
Erosion makes beaches smaller because it
  1. carries sand and sediment away from the shore.
  2. deposits sand and sediment near the shore.
  3. breaks up sediment into smaller pieces.
  4. fills the ocean with sand and sediment.
Grade 6 Rocks
Grade 11 Rocks
Grade 7 Rocks
Metamorphic rock transforms to sediment by                           .
  1. heat and pressure
  2. weathering and erosion
  3. cementation and compaction
  4. melting and cooling
Grade 7 Oceanography and Hydrology
A delta is made up of sediments
  1. deposited at the mouth of a river.
  2. deposited on the inside of a meander loop.
  3. deposited at the headwaters of a river.
  4. deposited on the outside of a meander loop.
Grade 7 Rocks
Igneous rock transforms to sediment by                      .
  1. melting and cooling
  2. heat and pressure
  3. cementation
  4. weathering and erosion
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology

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The rate of sediment deposition occurs
  1. less at point B than point C.
  2. more at point A than point D.
  3. more at point C than point A.
  4. the same at points B and D.
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