Grand Canyon Layers:3
the 3 types of rocks :3
people:3
Timeline:3
Misellaneous:3
100
This layer was named after a county in Arizona
What is the Coconino Sandstone layer?
100
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimatary
What are the 3 types of rocks?
100
came up with the principal of uniformation.
Who is James Hutton?
100
4.5 billion years
How old is the earth?
100
fossils that were around for a short time in many places.
What is an index fossil?
200
Kaibab Formation
When was the Middle Permian Era?
200
These rocks form from heat and or pressure
What is a metamorphic rock?
200
This person contributed so much to the understanding of fossils he was called the father of paleontology
Who is Lamarck?
200
The early Cambrian period in the Paleozoic era
When was first appearance of trilobites?
200
Forms in nature, is a solid, has a definite chemical makeup, has a crystal substance.
What is a mineral?
300
Muav Limestone
When was the Middle Cambrian Era?
300
"glue" sand, clay, and other particles together
What is a sediment
300
This person observed that rock layers were not flat but tilted.
Who is William Smith?
300
400,000 years
when was the first appearance of humans?
300
Processes that destroy the earth such as erosion.
What are destructive processes?
400
Redwall limestone
When was the late Mississippian era?
400
It fizzes because it has calcium calcite.
What is Limestone?
400
Father & son scientists who discovered the tombstone layer.
Who are the Alatrez's ?
400
Midnight on a proportional timescale
Where is today and the beginning of time on a clock proportional time scale?
400
A trace of an animal or plant.
What is a fossil?
500
Supai Group
When was the late Pennsylvanian era?
500
How they form, and what they look like.
What is the major difference between the three rock types?
500
This person advanced the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegner?
500
95 yards
Where does the Paleozoic era end on the football field time scale?
500
A mutual relation of two or more rocks.
What is correlation?
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