Marine Sediments
Authored by Charles Martinez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many different marine sediment types do we distinguish?
2
3
4
5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What process creates lithogenous sediments?
Precipitation from seawater
Weathering and erosion
Dissolution of carbonate shells
Evaporation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On the whole, what is the most important mechanism of transporting continental lithogenous sediments to the ocean?
Wind
Flowing water
Glaciers and icebergs
Gravity (mass flows)
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Pelagic deposits form
in deep ocean basins.
on the continental shelf.
on the continental slope.
in warm shallow water.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Beach deposits are an example of
hydrogenous sediment.
cosmogenous sediment.
biogenous sediment.
lithogenous sediment.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following organisms produce calcium carbonate shells (tests)?
Coccolithophores and radiolarians
Radiolarians and diatoms
Coccolithophores and foraminifers
Foraminiers and diatoms
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Evaporites are examples of
lithogenous sediments.
hydrogenous sediments.
biogenous sediments.
cosmogenous sediments.
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