Mystery
This vocabulary term describes the relationship between rock layers from two different locations.
What is correlation
List 4 types of properties of a rock
What is color, shape, size and texture.
This landform has a dense body of ice and is constantly moving under its own weight.
What are glaciers
This rock is made of sand particles cemented together.
What is sandstone
This is the largest and most famous evidence in the United States of river water erosion.
What is the Grand Canyon
What is the name of the molecule that causes bubbles/fizz to appear on the rock?
What is carbon dioxide
Give 2 examples of texture
What is rough or smooth
These landforms are known for their explosive nature.
What are volcanoes
What types of rocks are found in the Grand Canyon?
Sandstone, Shale, and Limestone
What do you call a scientist that studies the Earth?
What is a geologist
The Colorado River
Which of these would be the least useful when identifying a rock?
A) luster
B) hardness
C) shape
D) color
C) shape
There is less oxygen at the top of these high altitude landforms.
What are mountains
This rock type is used in the making of bricks, pottery, tile, and cement
What is shale
Remains or prints of plants or animals that lived long ago
What are fossils
How many miles long is the Grand Canyon AND how old are the oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon?
a. 390 miles
2a. 634 million years old
b. 277 miles
2b 2.4 billion years old
c. 247 miles
2c. 700 million years old
d. 312 miles,
2d. 1.8 billion years old
b. 277 miles
2d. 1.8 billion years old
Which question would help a scientist to sort rocks into groups based on their hardness?
A) How heavy is the rock?
B) Does the rock have a dark color?
C) Will the rock scratch another material?
D) Is the surface of the rock bumpy or smooth?
C) Will the rock scratch another material?
These landforms are cut into the earth by the force of moving water. They can be very steep and very GRAND.
What are canyons
Which type of rock has the smallest grain size?
Name five tools a geologist would use.
Hand lens, hammer, Hydrochloric acid, compass, and a map
What name was given to the layer of Shale found in the Grand Canyon?
What is Hermit Shale
When identifying a rock which would help the most?
A) where it was found
B) what minerals it is made up of
C) the size and mass of the rock
B) what minerals it is made up of
These landforms are elongated low areas often running between mountains or hills.
What are valleys
What mineral is involved in the chemical reaction that occurs when Hydrochloric acid is dropped onto Limestone?
Calcite
What is the name of the acid we used in lab?