Lesson
Pre-test
Please answer these multiple choice questions to the best of your abilities. We will find out what you know about sediments! Just select the best answer to each question from what you know now. If you are not sure about an answer, make your best educated guess. You will find out the correct answer during our lesson.
1. What are two
main groups of sediments?
a. Wet and dry
b. Clastic and carbonate
c. Synthetic and organic
d. Minerals and gems
2. What is the
Principle of Superposition?
a. In any undisturbed pile of strata, the youngest will be at the top
and the oldest will be at the bottom.
b. In any undisturbed pile of strata, the oldest will be at the top and
the youngest will be at the bottom.
c. The older the layer of strata, the thicker it will be.
d. The older the layer of strata, the thinner it will be.
