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nevelica

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Imagine you are a geologist looking at a rock column. Which line of evidence would most strongly indicate that these rocks formed in a desert?
 A)The presence of a dinosaur fossil
 B)Cross-bedded silt and clay
 C)Cross-bedded sand
 D)A rusty orange color
 E)Poorly sorted deposits of gravel, sand, silt and clay

Question 2

Poorly-sorted sediment has ____.
 A)no sharp edges
 B)restricted size range
 C)similar mineral composition throughout
 D)great size variation
 E)little chance of becoming sedimentary rock


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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D


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Reply #2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Thank you :)


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