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ES 15 Telecourse

Video Questions

Unit 17

The following questions pertain to information contained in Video 17 "Sedimentary Rocks" in the Earth Revealed Series.  Please keep your answers as short and concise as possible.

1. How does sediment for sedimentary rocks form?

2. What is the most common rock type on the surface of the earth?

3. Name several ways sediment can be transported?

4. Why are sands deposited closer to the shoreline while the silts and clays are deposited further out in water bodies?

5. How does coal form?

6. Explain the concept of uniformity?

7. What is cross-bedding?

8. What are ripple marks and how do they form?

9. How do we use sedimentary rocks in our daily lives?

10. How old are the oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon?

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