GEOL 1110 EXAM 1 – FRONIMOS
TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What sediment structures can be used to identify a river environment? - Answer-
Asymmetrical ripples in sand - cross beds
What sediment structures can be used to identify a desert environment? - Answer-
Sand dunes form like giant ripples with large cross beds
Why are beach sands usually only made up of quartz? - Answer- It is hard and resistant
to breaking down
What happened to the other minerals as the sediments traveled from rivers to the
coast? - Answer- They were eroded and broken down into different sediments
Recognize the sedimentary structure produced by waves at the beach. (In other words,
what pattern is made by the way the sand grains are piled up?) - Answer- symmetrical
ripples from teh back and forth waves
What rock type is found offshore? - Answer- fine sand grains, sandstone and shale
Recall what type of rocks form from coral reefs. - Answer- limestone
What can limestone about the environment of the area it was formed in? - Answer-
There is salt, calcium,a nd it is warm
Grain size deep in the ocean - Answer- very small - clay grains
Grain size closer to shore - Answer- larger size
Relative age - Answer- order of events
Absolute age - Answer- number of years before the present
Geologic Time Scale oldest to youngest (remember acronym) - Answer- cambrian,
ordovician, silurian, devonian, mississippian, pennsylvanian, permian, triassic, jurassic,
cretaceous, paleogene, neogene, quaternary
Geological time scale acronym - Answer- cool oversized silly dinosaurs miss penne
pasta. They just crave pasta noodles quietly.
TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What sediment structures can be used to identify a river environment? - Answer-
Asymmetrical ripples in sand - cross beds
What sediment structures can be used to identify a desert environment? - Answer-
Sand dunes form like giant ripples with large cross beds
Why are beach sands usually only made up of quartz? - Answer- It is hard and resistant
to breaking down
What happened to the other minerals as the sediments traveled from rivers to the
coast? - Answer- They were eroded and broken down into different sediments
Recognize the sedimentary structure produced by waves at the beach. (In other words,
what pattern is made by the way the sand grains are piled up?) - Answer- symmetrical
ripples from teh back and forth waves
What rock type is found offshore? - Answer- fine sand grains, sandstone and shale
Recall what type of rocks form from coral reefs. - Answer- limestone
What can limestone about the environment of the area it was formed in? - Answer-
There is salt, calcium,a nd it is warm
Grain size deep in the ocean - Answer- very small - clay grains
Grain size closer to shore - Answer- larger size
Relative age - Answer- order of events
Absolute age - Answer- number of years before the present
Geologic Time Scale oldest to youngest (remember acronym) - Answer- cambrian,
ordovician, silurian, devonian, mississippian, pennsylvanian, permian, triassic, jurassic,
cretaceous, paleogene, neogene, quaternary
Geological time scale acronym - Answer- cool oversized silly dinosaurs miss penne
pasta. They just crave pasta noodles quietly.
