How Much Do You Know About Geology Quiz!

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1.

If the running water has sand in it, what increases its erosive ability?
- A.
  
  Hydrolic Action
- B.
  
  Water Abrasion
- C.
  
  Bed Load
2.

What are small pieces of rocks or minerals?
- A.
  
  Soil
- B.
  
  Visible Sediment
- C.
  
  Detrital
3.

What type of pattern has multiple channels, and develops when sediment supply is higher but rainfall is low?
- A.
  
  Braided Stream
- B.
  
  Dendritic
- C.
  
  Trellis
4.

Permeable underground rock layer saturated with slowly moving ground water:
- A.
  
  Recharge
- B.
  
  Aquifer
- C.
  
  Core of Depression
5.

Places where a plume of magma rises to the surface, often for millions of years:
- A.
  
  Volcanos
- B.
  
  Hot spot
- C.
  
  Pahoehoe
6.

True or False: There are three main types of sediment.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Places where minerals are deposited:
- A.
  
  Continents
- B.
  
  Coast Lines
- C.
  
  Marine
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

What is formed by the transportation, disposition, and lithification of sediments derived by the weathering of other rocks?
- A.
  
  Sedimentary Rocks
- B.
  
  Metaphorphic Rocks
- C.
  
  Igneous Rocks
9.

Coquina and limestone are examples of ___ reservoir rocks.
- A.
  
  Good
- B.
  
  Poor
10.

The amount of empty space between grains in a rock is:
- A.
  
  Permeability
- B.
  
  Porosity
- C.
  
  Discharge
11.

What type of volcano forms in a rift zone?
12.

What is caused by first moving water and is the washing away and transport of sediment?
13.

What has high enegry but not high velocity
14.

Where do you have dissolved limestone as a surface?
15.

The ground area that contributes water to a stream after a rain:
16.

Regional arrangement of stream channels:
17.

Hawaiian volcanoes are examples of what?
18.

What kind of material creates rocks called tuff?
19.

What is the addition of oxygen to metallic elements in rocks?
20.

What is a crescent shaped lake?