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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
Correct Answer
B. Water Abrasion
2.

What are small pieces of rocks or minerals?
- A.
  
  Soil
- B.
  
  Visible Sediment
- C.
  
  Detrital
Correct Answer
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
Correct Answer
A. Braided Stream
4.

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

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

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

Places where minerals are deposited:
- A.
  
  Continents
- B.
  
  Coast Lines
- C.
  
  Marine
- D.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
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
Correct Answer
A. Sedimentary Rocks
9.

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

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

What type of volcano forms in a rift zone?

Correct Answer
Cinder Cone
12.

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

Correct Answer
Erosion
13.

What has high enegry but not high velocity

Correct Answer
Turbulance
14.

Where do you have dissolved limestone as a surface?

Correct Answer
Kurst Topography
15.

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

Correct Answer
Drainage Basin
16.

Regional arrangement of stream channels:

Correct Answer
Stream Patterns
17.

Hawaiian volcanoes are examples of what?

Correct Answer
Shield Volcano
Shield
18.

What kind of material creates rocks called tuff?

Correct Answer
Pyroclastic Material
Pyroclastic
19.

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

Correct Answer
Oxidation
20.

What is a crescent shaped lake?

Correct Answer
Oxbow Lake
Oxbow

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How Much Do You Know About Geology Quiz!

If the running water has sand in it, what increases its erosive ability?

What are small pieces of rocks or minerals?

What type of pattern has multiple channels, and develops when sediment supply is higher but rainfall is low?

Permeable underground rock layer saturated with slowly moving ground water:

Places where a plume of magma rises to the surface, often for millions of years:

True or False: There are three main types of sediment.

Places where minerals are deposited:

What is formed by the transportation, disposition, and lithification of sediments derived by the weathering of other rocks?

Coquina and limestone are examples of ___ reservoir rocks.

The amount of empty space between grains in a rock is:

What type of volcano forms in a rift zone?

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

What has high enegry but not high velocity

Where do you have dissolved limestone as a surface?

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

Regional arrangement of stream channels:

Hawaiian volcanoes are examples of what?

What kind of material creates rocks called tuff?

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

What is a crescent shaped lake?