Sedimentation

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See how many answers you can get right with this Sedimentation quiz:

1. Where does sedimentation usually happen?

Low lying areas such as oceans High lying areas such as mountain ranges

2. Where sediment is typically gathering today?

Mountains, beaches and rivers Deltas, beaches and rivers Forests, beaches and rivers Deserts, beaches and rivers

3. What are clastic sedimentary rocks made from?

Dinosaur bones Broken bits of rock Remains of living things Salt

4. What word is used to describe the first step of the sedimentation process?

Travel Weathering Compaction Deposition

5. What is deposition?

It is the step of sediment being crushed It is the step of sediment settling It is the first step of sedimentation It is the last step of sedimentation

6. The remnants of living things buried in sediment are called?

Molluscs Fossils Clastics Halites

7. The process of overlying material crushing sediment is called?

Deposition Weathering Compaction Cementation

8. When sediment is being carried by a river, what are large particles carried as?

Mud Sand Gravel Rocks

9. What is the correct order of the sedimentation process?

Weathering, travel, deposition, compaction and cementation Travel, weathering, compaction, cementation and deposition Deposition, travel, weathering, compaction and cementation Compaction, weathering, travel, cementation and deposition

10. Sedimentary rocks made from the remains of living things such as clamshells, plankton skeletons, dinosaur bones are called?

Chemical sedimentary rocks Clastic sedimentary rocks Organic sedimentary rocks Erosion sedimentary rocks

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