If a geologist found preserved polygonal cracks in a sedimentary rock, he or she could conclude that the environment in which they formed
A) was once covered in wet mud.
B) was once covered by a glacier.
C) has been subjected to a major climate change event.
D) was the site of a mass extinction event.
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Q1: Glacial till is composed of _ particles.
A)mud-sized
B)sand-sized
C)boulder-sized
D)all
Q4: Cementation of sediments occurs when minerals _
Q5: Compared with metamorphism, diagenesis
A)is exactly the same
Q5: What type of sediment is typically found
Q6: Compaction and cementation of grains occur during
Q6: The process by which solid material is
Q10: If water is the primary transport mechanism
Q17: Lithification occurs _.
A)in the shallow subsurface
B)at the
Q27: Geologists call individual layers of sedimentary rocks
Q52: Diagenesis refers to _.
A)the development of layering
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