General Mountain Geology
The three stages of mountain building.
What are Accumulation stage, Orogenic stage, Crustal extension, blocking faulting, and uplift?
"Island Mountain" in German. Very common throughout Joshua Tree National Park
What is Inselberg?
This national park is used to film lots of movies due to its location in proximity to Hollywood.
What is Joshua Tree National Park?
The lowest point in North America. The water that come from the springs is so salty that there are salt deposits around the springs.
What is Bad Water Basin?
These trees are the largest trees in the world and are located in Sequoia National Park. Their bark is fire resistant.
What are Sequoia Trees?
The two types of folds.
What is Anticline and Syncline.
This rock is formed from lots of plankton skeletons and is metamorphosed into different rock structures throughout Hot Springs National Park.
What is chert (flint)?
This national park is 484 square miles wide and contains steep mountains with almost no foothills.
What is Grand Tetons National Park?
This is the highest point in Tennessee.
What is Clingman's dome?
Great Basin National park was once home to this species of tree, thought to be the oldest in the world.
What are Bristlecone Pine Trees?
This type of faulting has a lateral movement.
What is Strike-slip-fault?
This kind of sandstone if found at Laurel Falls and is slightly metamorphic sandstone that is more durable than sandstone, but not as durable as quartzite.
What is Thunderhead Sandstone?
This national park is located in Eastern Nevada and contain mountains with a metamorphic core complexes.
What is Great Basin National Park?
Sequoia National Park is home to this mountain, which is the highest point in the lower 48 states.
What is Mt. Whitney?
This tree is the tallest in the world and is located in Redwood National Park.
What is Hyperion?
The name for the actual surface of the Dip-slip Faults.
What is Fault Plane?
This geological feature happens when land is added to continents during plate collision.
What is accretionary terrane?
This national park contains the lowest elevation in North America, as well as very tall mountains.
What is Death Valley National Park?
This cave gets it name from the Ohioan rancher who moved to Nevada and found the cave system on his ranch.
What is Lehman Cave?
Early settlers stayed here because the land here was very fertile.
What is Cades Cove?
The stable, interior portion of content, usually very old crystalline rocks.
What is Craton?
These geological features heat up the water at Hot Springs National Park, and water take a long time to reach them.
This national park has a moderate temperature and features lots of rainfall during the winter and is very foggy.
What is Redwood National Park?
This river cuts its way through the valleys of Grand Teton National Park and is a popular rafting destination.
What is Snake River?
These large succulent bushes are found throughout Joshua Tree National Park.
What is Ocotillo Bushes?