Exam 7: Sedimentary Environments and Rocks

Using the stratigraphic section and photographs located in the textbook (Chapter 7 Investigation),determine the possible environments of deposition for the yellowish-tan sandstone.

Which of the rock layers in this figure was most likely deposited in a shoreline environment?

Sediments with a large amount of sand are most likely at:

Which of the following units was most likely deposited at least partly in sand dunes?

Which of the following is a good interpretation of the environmental significance of an attribute of a sedimentary rock?

If you were designing a rock that would be easily weathered,which of the following characteristics would it have?

What type of rock would you form in this coral reef?

Which of the following rocks is composed of the smallest sedimentary clasts?

Which of the following environments would most likely consist of sand and/or rounded cobbles?

How does iron formation form?

Which of the following statements is NOT true about clastic sedimentary rocks?

What is the best explanation for the shape of these clasts?

What type of rock would you form in this plant-rich swamp?

Which of the following does NOT help define layers in some sedimentary rocks?

Which of the following processes produce sedimentary clasts?

Using the stratigraphic section and photographs located in the textbook (Chapter 7 Investigation),determine the possible environments of deposition for the upper sandstone and mudstone unit.

This sandstone includes small rounded pebbles and was deposited far from the ocean.What is the most likely environment in which it formed?

Which of the following times indicates a regression?

Large,angular clasts are most likely at:

Which of the following environments would most likely have sediment formed by evaporation of seawater?