Requirement · part of 4. ONE of four options, and two of them need your counselor first

4(A). Option A: Surface and Sedimentary Processes

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Five steps and no inner choice: the simplest shape of the four. It is also the most dependent on your counselor supplying maps and approving experiments.

What this is made of

4(A)(1). An experiment: how sediments settle from suspension
4(A)(2). Plot stream gradients for four stream types
4(A)(3). Diagram a stream's features
4(A)(4). An experiment: sediment too small to see
4(A)(5). Visit a stream and read the flow direction

Where this step comes from

Geology Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-15), Requirement 4(A)