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Burial, Compaction & Cementation

Here are some multiple-choice questions to test your understanding:

 

1. Sediment deposits are most likely to become deeply buried and compacted if:

The area of the Earth’s surface where they are deposited is being uplifted
The area where they are deposited is neither rising nor sinking
The area where they are deposited is slowly subsiding (sinking)

2. What do we call the material that holds the grains together in sedimentary rocks?

Cement
Araldite
Kryptonite

3. What is meant by the porosity of a rock?

The number of holes in the rock
The amount of cement between the grains
The amount of space between the grains

4. What happens to the porosity of sediments during compaction?

Increases
Decreases
Stays the same

5. What happens to the porosity of sediments during cementation?

Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
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