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Yellowstone
the water in the pore spaces of the sediments and rocks beneath the earth’s surface (most important geologic resource)
groundwater
a vent at the Earth’s surface through which magma, gases, and pyroclastic material erupt
volcano
the National Park with the oldest rocks
Voyageurs National Park
national park has the hottest, driest, lowest land in the United states
Death Valley National Park
An area of land, owned and protected by the federal government because of its natural beauty or historical importance for the enjoyment of the general public or wildlife presentation
National Park
porous and permeable layers that are capable of holding water
aquifer
most common extrusive rock
basalt
three parks formed by continental glaciation
Voyageurs, Isle Royale, and Acadia
the term for fractures along the crust where movement has occurred
faults
The three parks that make up the Grand Staircase
longest cave in the world
Mammoth Cave
most common intrusive rock
granite
the stone that makes up the Half Dome at Yosemite National Park
Granite
which way does the crust move at a strike slip fault
displacement occurs in a horizontal direction
the process where woody components surround microcrystalline mineral matter then replaced with silica
permineralization
four types of speleothems
flowstone, stalactites, stalagmites, column
rising plumes of hot mantle that extrudes onto earth’s surface; forms volcanoes as plate moves over it
hot spot
scratches along bedrock as glaciers move past create _____.
glacial grooves
In what park do conditions range from desert to alpine due to differing elevations
Great Basin National Park
black staining on surface of rock by iron and manganese oxides, caused by repeated wetting and drying cycles
desert varnish
"sacred cave of winds"
Wind Cave National Park
large mass of solidified intrusive rock
batholith
the bowl shaped depression near the peak of a mountain
cirque
the highest point in the lower 48 states
Mount Whitney