Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

Sediments are classified by ______

• Particle Size

• Chemical Composition

• Type of Fossils

• Density

_________ is an all encompassing term for loose or unconsolidated material that originate from a parent rock (clastic), chemical precipitation, or chemical secretion by an organism

• Mud

• Sediments

• Quartz

• Erosion

Rounding and sorting of sediments occurs during ________

• Erosion

• Transport

• Deposition

• Lithification

The depositional environment is the location in which deposition occurs. This environment can be is characterized by ______

• Physical

  Conditions

• Chemical Conditions

• Intensity of Solar Activity

• Biological Conditoins

A low depositional ridge on either side of a stream is a _____

• Bank

• Levee

• Meander

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The figure to the right is an example of _____

• Radial Drainage Pattern

• Dendritic Drainage Pattern

• Trellis Drainage Pattern

• Spring

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Confluence ___

• is a smaller river or stream that flows into larger main river

• is a component of river flow contributed by groundwater

• is a component of river flow that is contributed by overland flow

• is the body of sediment that is deposited where the river system flows into the ocean.

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Which section of river has the highest hydraulic gradient?

• Upper Course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

• Estuary

Which section of river has the highest discharge?

• Upper Course

• Middle Course

• Lower Course

• Estuary

Discharge can be measured in _____

• Cubic Feet per Second

• Cubic Meters per Second

• Acres per Foot

• Feet per Second