Grand Canyon Formation
DAM! That's a flood!
That's so Soil
It's Sedimentary, Dear Watson
About Teacher Dom
100

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, and this many miles wide

What is 18 miles

100

The Grand Canyon naturally flooded every spring until this dam was built in 1963

What is The Glen Canyon Dam

100

This is what you call a cross section of soil that has been pulled up from the ground

What is a soil profile

100

This is the chemical that is easy to identify using hydrochloric acid and administering the fizz test

What is calcite or carbonate minerals

100

The number of brothers Teacher Dom has

What is two brothers

200

The oldest rocks at the bottom of the Grand Canyon are named after this Hindu god

Who is Vishnu

200

This process describes how sediment can be transported by water, wind, or ice

What is erosion

200

This is the horizontal layer of a soil profile

What is a horizon

200

The calcium carbonate from shells that collect on the ocean floor produces this slimy substance

What is ooze

200

Teacher Dom's birthday

What is September 29th
300

The Grand Canyon was covered with these 1 billion years ago

What is ancient oceans
300

Beach erosion is a threat at this spot in the Grand Canyon

What is Badger Rapids

300

This is the decomposed, organic, nutrient-rich material that forms part of the soil

What is humus
300

These form when acidic water runs through limstone for thousands of years

What is caves

300

The country Teacher Dom was born in

What is Brazil

400

Melted snow pooled up at the base of these mountains and eventually helped carve out the Grand Canyon

The Rocky Mountains

400

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

400

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)

What is parent material, climate, topography, biological factors, or time
400

This rock is made almost entirely of fossil bits, mostly small shells and shell fragments cemented together

What is coquina

400

The first thing Teacher Dom learned to cook at eight years old

What is pancakes

500

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

500

This process describes how sediment can be transported and left at the sides of the bank, accumulating

What is deposition
500

This is a parent material that produces many quartz crystals

What is granite

500

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

500

The name of Teacher Dom's little brother

What is Tom or Thomas Sullivan

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