Question 1

Which of the following would retain the most detailed impressions of fossilized organisms?

Accepted Answer

A) very fine-grained volcanic ash deposited in an ancient lake 
B) an ancient, rainforest lateritic soil buried by basalt lava flows 
C) quartz-rich sand deposited in a shallow beachfront environment 
D) gravel and sand stream deposits laid down during flash floods 
A) very fine-grained volcanic ash deposited in an ancient lake 
B) an ancient, rainforest lateritic soil buried by basalt lava flows 
C) quartz-rich sand deposited in a shallow beachfront environment 
D) gravel and sand stream deposits laid down during flash floods

Question 2

Which of the following is a microcrystalline form of silica?

Accepted Answer

A) chalk 
B) chert 
C) dolostone 
D) oolitic breccia 
A) chalk 
B) chert 
C) dolostone 
D) oolitic breccia

Question 3

How does a sediment become transformed into a sedimentary rock?

Accepted Answer

A) by compaction and dewatering, followed by cementation 
B) by destruction of all bedding and original depositional features 
C) by multiple cycles of redeposition 
D) by processes of polymorphism 
A) by compaction and dewatering, followed by cementation 
B) by destruction of all bedding and original depositional features 
C) by multiple cycles of redeposition 
D) by processes of polymorphism

Question 4

A massively bedded blocky rock is composed of quartz and clay <0.05 millimetres with a few layers of scattered rounded pebbles to 4 millimetres.What would you call it?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A massively bedded blocky rock is composed...

Question 5

Which one of the following is not a chemical sedimentary rock or evaporite?

Accepted Answer

A) shale 
B) bedded gypsum 
C) cherty dolostone 
D) oolitic limestone 
A) shale 
B) bedded gypsum 
C) cherty dolostone 
D) oolitic limestone

Question 6

What are the two, most common, carbonate sedimentary rocks?

Accepted Answer

limestone in various

Question 7

What would you name a rock composed of large angular blocks containing calcite grains as the predominant mineral?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What would you name a rock composed...

Question 8

What does the degree of rounding indicate in a sediment?

Accepted Answer

A) the distance travelled or duration of time involved in sediment transport 
B) where the minerals originally came from 
C) the velocity of transport 
D) whether the sediment was deposited in a stream or the ocean 
A) the distance travelled or duration of time involved in sediment transport 
B) where the minerals originally came from 
C) the velocity of transport 
D) whether the sediment was deposited in a stream or the ocean

Question 9

What is the geologic difference between "soft coals" and "hard coals" in terms of their composition, occurrence and use.

Accepted Answer

Soft coals have high sulfur, nitrogen an

Question 10

Which is the most common, chemical, sedimentary rock?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which is the most common, chemical, sedimentary...

Question 11

Which type of sandstone contains abundant detrital feldspar grains?

Accepted Answer

A) pegmatitic 
B) arkose 
C) wacke 
D) orthoquartzite 
A) pegmatitic 
B) arkose 
C) wacke 
D) orthoquartzite

Question 12

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) graded bedding 
B) ripple marks 
C) mud cracks 
D) cross-bedding 
A) graded bedding 
B) ripple marks 
C) mud cracks 
D) cross-bedding

Question 13

Which of the following sedimentary features can each be used to determine paleocurrent directions?

Accepted Answer

A) mud cracks and ripple marks 
B) ripple marks and cross stratification 
C) fossils and mud cracks 
D) grain size sorting and ripple marks 
A) mud cracks and ripple marks 
B) ripple marks and cross stratification 
C) fossils and mud cracks 
D) grain size sorting and ripple marks

Question 14

The only Canadian deposits of Anthracite occur in mountainous fold belts of British Columbia and Yukon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The chemical sedimentary rock, conglomerate, is composed of gravel-size, rounded, calcite oolites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

No chemical rocks can have a clastic texture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Where would sequences of silts with long linear sand bodies and occasional peat lenses likely occur?

Accepted Answer

floodplain/river cha

Question 18

Fossils often provide valuable information about climatic conditions of the geologic past.How else might a geologist infer ancient climatic conditions using sedimentary rocks ? (Hint: Think in terms of the conditions necessary to form certain rocks and also features/structures found in sedimentary rocks.)

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary rock grain size, structures,

Question 19

Other than detrital, what other origin can sediments have?

Accepted Answer

A) accumulation from inorganic precipitation or organic deposition 
B) erosion and transport 
C) They were put there by the Devil to confuse us. 
D) accumulation of debris from meteorite showers 
A) accumulation from inorganic precipitation or organic deposition 
B) erosion and transport 
C) They were put there by the Devil to confuse us. 
D) accumulation of debris from meteorite showers

Question 20

Which minerals or sedimentary rocks are not likely to occur in association with bedded rock salt?

Accepted Answer

A) gypsum and dolomite 
B) sylvite and halite 
C) limestone and gypsum 
D) conglomerate and wacke 
A) gypsum and dolomite 
B) sylvite and halite 
C) limestone and gypsum 
D) conglomerate and wacke

Which of the following would retain the most detailed impressions of fossilized organisms?

Which of the following is a microcrystalline form of silica?

How does a sediment become transformed into a sedimentary rock?

A massively bedded blocky rock is composed of quartz and clay <0.05 millimetres with a few layers of scattered rounded pebbles to 4 millimetres.What would you call it?

Which one of the following is not a chemical sedimentary rock or evaporite?

What are the two, most common, carbonate sedimentary rocks?

What would you name a rock composed of large angular blocks containing calcite grains as the predominant mineral?

What does the degree of rounding indicate in a sediment?

What is the geologic difference between "soft coals" and "hard coals" in terms of their composition, occurrence and use.

Which is the most common, chemical, sedimentary rock?

Which type of sandstone contains abundant detrital feldspar grains?

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Which of the following sedimentary features can each be used to determine paleocurrent directions?

The only Canadian deposits of Anthracite occur in mountainous fold belts of British Columbia and Yukon.

The chemical sedimentary rock, conglomerate, is composed of gravel-size, rounded, calcite oolites.

No chemical rocks can have a clastic texture.

Where would sequences of silts with long linear sand bodies and occasional peat lenses likely occur?

Other than detrital, what other origin can sediments have?

Which minerals or sedimentary rocks are not likely to occur in association with bedded rock salt?

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Geologic Time

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Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

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Plate Tectonics: The Framework for Modern Geology

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Exam 6: Sedimentary Rocks

Which of the following would retain the most detailed impressions of fossilized organisms?

Which of the following is a microcrystalline form of silica?

How does a sediment become transformed into a sedimentary rock?

A massively bedded blocky rock is composed of quartz and clay <0.05 millimetres with a few layers of scattered rounded pebbles to 4 millimetres.What would you call it?

Which one of the following is not a chemical sedimentary rock or evaporite?

What are the two, most common, carbonate sedimentary rocks?

What would you name a rock composed of large angular blocks containing calcite grains as the predominant mineral?

What does the degree of rounding indicate in a sediment?

What is the geologic difference between "soft coals" and "hard coals" in terms of their composition, occurrence and use.

Which is the most common, chemical, sedimentary rock?

Which type of sandstone contains abundant detrital feldspar grains?

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Which of the following sedimentary features can each be used to determine paleocurrent directions?

The only Canadian deposits of Anthracite occur in mountainous fold belts of British Columbia and Yukon.

The chemical sedimentary rock, conglomerate, is composed of gravel-size, rounded, calcite oolites.

No chemical rocks can have a clastic texture.

Where would sequences of silts with long linear sand bodies and occasional peat lenses likely occur?

Other than detrital, what other origin can sediments have?

Which minerals or sedimentary rocks are not likely to occur in association with bedded rock salt?

An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: The Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

Deserts and Winds

Shorelines

Mineral and Energy Resources

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