Given this picture:People pan for gold by scooping material from a streambed and shaking it in a pan as shown above. The gold nuggets in the pan can easily be separated from the sand and gravel because of their greater density. The material scooped from the streambed is an example of —

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Given this picture:<br><img src='https://fatskills.com/images2/science-questions/TAKS_8_2009_16.PNG'><br>People pan for gold by scooping material from a streambed and shaking it in a pan as shown above. The gold nuggets in the pan can easily be separated from the sand and gravel because of their greater density. The material scooped from the streambed is an example of —