Marine Sediment

Marine Sediment

10th - 12th Grade

15 Qs

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Marine Sediment

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Assessment

Quiz

Biology

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Charles Martinez

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What process creates lithogenous sediments?
Precipitation from seawater
Weathering and erosion
Dissolution of carbonate shells
Evaporation

2.

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.

3.

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Manganese nodules belong to
lithogenous sediments.
biogenous sediments.
hydrogenous sediments.
cosmologeous sediments.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
This is the largest intact meteorite. If it was broken down into sediment, what kind would it be?
Lithogenous 
Biogenous 
Hydrogenous
Cosmogenous

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
What is the origin of this sediment? (satellite image of a river draining into an ocean)
Lithogenous 
Biogenous 
Hydrogenous
Cosmogenous

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
What is the origin of the sediment that this makes? 
Lithogenous 
Biogenous 
Hydrogenous
Cosmogenous

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