Grand Canyon Formation
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, and this many miles wide
What is 18 miles
The Grand Canyon naturally flooded every spring until this dam was built in 1963
What is The Glen Canyon Dam
This is what you call a cross section of soil that has been pulled up from the ground
What is a soil profile
This is the chemical that is easy to identify using hydrochloric acid and administering the fizz test
What is calcite or carbonate minerals
The number of brothers Teacher Dom has
What is two brothers
The oldest rocks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon are named after this Hindu god
Who is Vishnu
This process describes how sediment can be transported by water, wind, or ice
What is erosion
This is the horizontal layer of a soil profile
What is a horizon
The calcium carbonate from shells that collect on the ocean floor produces this slimy substance
What is ooze
Teacher Dom's birthday
The Grand Canyon was covered with these 1 billion years ago
Beach erosion is a threat at this spot in the Grand Canyon
What is Badger Rapids
This is the decomposed, organic, nutrient-rich material that forms part of the soil
These form when acidic water runs through limstone for thousands of years
What is caves
The country Teacher Dom was born in
What is Brazil
Melted snow pooled up at the base of these mountains and eventually helped carve out the Grand Canyon
The Rocky Mountains
These two measurements helped scientists figure out how long it takes for a flood of water to run down the river
What is water height and water speed
The type of soil that forms in an area might be due to any of these factors the textbook talked about (list at least two)
This rock is made almost entirely of fossil bits, mostly small shells and shell fragments cemented together
What is coquina
The first thing Teacher Dom learned to cook at eight years old
What is pancakes
Fossils have been carried all the way from the Grand Canyon down to the Gulf of California with the help of this river
What is the Colorado River
This process describes how sediment can be transported and left at the sides of the bank, accumulating
This is a parent material that produces many quartz crystals
What is granite
These are spikes on the ceiling of a cave or pillars on the floor of a cave (either of these answers works)
What is a stalagmite or stalactite
The name of Teacher Dom's little brother
What is Tom or Thomas Sullivan