Environments
You would find shrimp and sharks in what environment?
Marine or ocean
How tall were the mountains that were once above the area of the Grand Canyon?
6 miles
This force can cause rock layers to shift against each other and crack quickly.
Earthquake
In a rock formation, the oldest layers of rock are found where?
Near the bottom
The Grand Canyon formed very ___________.
slowly
You would find mice, deer and turtles in what environment?
forest
This river is located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
The Colorado River
This force can make rock layers bend into S shapes deep underground.
Temperature or Pressure
In a rock formation, the youngest layers of rock are found where?
Near the top.
This force can carve grooves into the sides of mountains as it slowly grinds by.
glaciers
You would find a lizard and a cactus in what kind of environment?
desert
The oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon are located close to what river?
The Colorado River
This force can slowly carve a canyon out of many layers of rock.
river or water
Where was the oldest dinosaur egg nest fossil found?
Mushroom Rock
South Africa
What mineral is found in many rocks in the Grand Canyon, which gives them the red color that we see?
iron
If we find a shrimp fossil in the desert, what does that tell us about the environment?
It was once an ocean.
The oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon are located where?
At the bottom
This force can wear away small bits of rock and sand by blowing over a rock layer.
wind
What force makes rock layers push against each other in an earthquake, causing the ground to shake?
Pressure
The Niobrara Chalk formation gives us evidence of a former ocean located in Kansas. What fossils provide this evidence?
marine algae
If we find petrified wood at the bottom of the ocean, what does that tell us about the environment?
It was once a forest.
The youngest rocks in the Grand Canyon are located where?
Near the top
This force can cause rocks in an arch to fall to the ground.
gravity
Where were fossils of deer, mice, and turtles found in the rock layers of a desert environment?
The Badlands
Sediment that is carried by water will eventually be deposited. Which force causes this deposition to happen?
gravity