Co Geo 1
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Co Geo 3
Climate
Change
100
This is the name of the formation that makes up Red Rocks
What is fountain formatino
100
This basic rock type makes up the mountains to the west of Red Rocks.
What is metamorphic
100
This is why the ash layer at dinosaur ridge is important
What is absolute age dating
100
This is the main greenhouse gas that is released through burning of fossil fuels.
What is carbon dioxide
100
This is the main method for measuring carbon dioxide in the past
What is bubbles in ice cores
200
This is the depositional environment that created Red Rocks, using the Ancestral Rockies as the sediment source
What is Alluvial fans
200
This basic rock type makes up most of the rocks at the Dakota Hogback.
What is sed
200
This is why North and South table mountain are higher now, even though they flowed into a river valley
What is they are harder so different weathering left this behind
200
Historical records, isotopic fractionation, tree rings, and tree leaves are all examples of this, a substitute for thermometer records
What is temperature proxies
200
This is the projected sea level rise for the end of the century (rcp6.0 scenario). Within the range (in m)
What is 0.35-0.7m
300
This is the approximate age of Red Rocks
What is 300 MA
300
This geologic event lead to the uplift of the Fountain Formation and of the Dakota Hogback.
What is building of present Rockies
300
This is the name for the large spherical balls (composed of hard, compact mass of iron oxide) at Dinosaur Ridge
What is concretion
300
Carbon dioxide has reached this level of concentration in the atmosphere, in parts per million (ppm) +/-2
What is 407
300
This % of scientists agree that humans are causing climate change
What is 90-100%
400
This word describes rocks that have a lot of feldspars, indicating that the rock did not travel far from its sourcw
What is arkosic
400
This event lead to the building of the Ancestral Rockies
What is Pangaea?
400
This major body of water was the environment for the younger rocks at Dinosaur Ridge
What is Western Interior Seaway
400
This is the greenhouse gas that is contributing the most behind water vapor and carbon dioxide
What is methane
400
Answer one: This is a type of algae used to estimate past temperatures This is a type of sea bug (or protist) used to estimate past temps
What is diatoms and foraminifera
500
This feature is a product of extrusive igneous rocks cooling, as seen at North & South Table mountain.
What is porphyritic
500
This river featured is where the dinosaur bones accumulated in the Morrison formation
What is point bar
500
This is the type of basin the Denver basin is
What is Foreland basin
500
These cycles describe natural variations in Earth's orbit and rotation
What is Milankovitch cycles
500
This is the main cause for sea level rise
What is thermal expansion
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