1. You can sometimes tell the source rock of a particular sandstone by looking at the mineral composition of the grains. True False

2. What happens to clastic sedimentary rocks during diagenesis (the process by which freshly deposited sand or mud becomes rock)? All of these Cementation Compaction Dissolution

3. Your geology professor falls into a pool of quicksand. What should you advise him to do? (Keep in mind that if you help him out, he will give you a good grade in the class!) Be still Tread water, uh, quicksand Thrash around wildly Panic

4. I love loess. The word, that is. What exactly is loess? A hill shaped by the wind Fine, wind-blown dust An intermittent stream channel Seasonal light and dark layers

5. Occasionally, on the deep ocean floor, out in the middle of nowhere, one can find clastic sediments, ranging in size from fine sand to boulders and pebbles. Where does this come from, when there is nary a continent in sight? Passing ships Subduction Aliens Icebergs

6. Very coarse sediment, stream channel deposits, sheet flow deposits, debris-flow deposits, generally coarsening upwards-- what depositional environment? Alluvial fan Meandering stream Braided stream Delta

7. Dune-scale crossbedding interbedded with interdune areas, like deflationary pavements and playas. Ventifacts, mudcracks, raindrop imprints, and crystals of evaporites can sometimes also be found. What depositional environment? Alluvial fan Desert Beach Meandering stream

8. Which side of a meandering stream should you buy land on if you want to increase your real estate investment: the point bar side, or the cut bank side? Answer: (Either "point bar" or "cut bank.")

9. You want to see whether a particular sandstone came from a tidal flat. What sort of bedforms would you be looking for? Large-scale dunes (single current direction) Herringbone cross-strata (reversing current directions) Deep erosional scour features (single current direction) Misplaced beach umbrellas

10. Why should you care about clastics? Thar be OIL! Soil to grow crops in! Sand = beaches! All of these