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How is erosion different from deposition

Erosion is the moving of sediments deposition is depositing the sediment in an area

Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary structure Ripple marks Magma emplacement Mud cracks or Cross beds

Magma emplacements or Batholith are not sedimentary structures.

Is when original grain sizes are obliterated so grains become uniform and larger

Recrystallization

Which type of rock forms deepest inside Earth

Igneous

Continental deposit of gravel and sand

Alluvial fan

What depositional environments is coal formed in

A swamp

During what time period were most coal deposits laid down

During the Carboniferous Period

What does gneiss form into

There is no grade of metamorphism beyond gneiss. Higher grades of metamorphism mean higher temperature and pressure. Beyond the conditions that form gneiss, temperatures are high enough to melt rock, at which point the resulting rock will be igneous rather than metamorphic.

Is the following is an intrusive igneous body Pyroclast Lava Flow Lahar Batholith

Batholith is an intrusive igneous body.

What is an important characteristic of an index fossil apex

It must have lived for a short geologic period of time.

What is the terms listed below are sediment transporting agents except

Stratification

Which factor prevents us from finding precambrian fossils

most rocks from that era are deeply burried

What caused disappearance of land bridges

Shrinking of the polar ice caps

Which of the following is not a metamorphic agent

Force of Hurricane winds

Glacial meltwater

Sediment composition in a clastic rock is determined by all of the following EXCEPT
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