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Deposition of Sediment

Here are some multiple-choice questions to test your understanding:

 

1. Cross-bedded sands, like those shown in the photo, are NOT likely to have been deposited by:

Wind
Water
Ice

2. A mixture of fine clay and larger rocks deposited by a glacier is known as:

Conglomerate
Boulder Clay
Mudstone

3. When a river “bursts its banks”, fine-grained sediments are deposited in the:

Floodplain
Peneplain
Channel

4. Calcium carbonate, dissolved in water, may be deposited as limestone by:

Living organisms
Glaciers
Erosion

5. Large boulders of rock can be transported and deposited onto the ocean floor by:

Rivers
Icebergs
Wind

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Cross-bedded sands

Cross-bedded sands
 
 
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