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Erosion
Landforms
Time
Things Are Moving!
Zion Field Trip
100
a tray of sand with water pouring through it
What is a model of how a canyon changes after flooding?
100
Plates that uplift form these through plumes.
What is a volcano?
100
Internet-Utah-geologic history
Where would you go to research information about Utah 50 million years ago?
100
trickle raining flooding
What are the three phases of water flow in the erosion game we played?
200
water moving rocks on earth's surface.
What is the most destructive form of erosion?
200
I am a small hill with a flat top and steep sides.
What is a butte?
200
thousands of years
How long does it take to carve out a valley?
200
Water coming into the harbor deposits soil.
Why does a crane dig at a harbor?
200
digging a canyon pouring water in the dug out area
How was weathering, erosion, and deposition modeled?
300
smooth, rounded rocks
What are signs of water erosion?
300
The movement of Earth's crust.
What causes earthquakes, volcanoes and uplift of Earth's surface?
300
round ball with completely smooth surfaces
What would our earth look like if there were no mountain uplift, weathering, or erosion?
300
Scientists collect specific evidence to support their prediction of a volcano erupting.
How do scientists know a volcano is going to blow?
300
water gets into cracks in rock and breaks away part of the rock. This leaves a special space where the rock once was.
How is an arch formed?
400
It's U-shaped.
How can you tell a glacier carved out a valley?
400
Grand Canyon 1.deposition 2.uplift 3.erosion
What happened over time to form the Grand Canyon?
400
Seismographs are used to detect movement in the earth.
What is used to detect earthquakes?
400
The oldest layers of rock are on the bottom of Zion Canyon and newest layers are on the top.
How was Zion Canyon formed?
500
One has ea One has ro (row)
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
500
1. Uplift 2. Earthquakes 3. Volcanoes
How are mountains formed?
500
in 100 years very little will change in this landform.
What happens to a butte.
500
Land moves apart.
What happens on either side of sinking land?
500
This is the layer of rock.
Why is the Kayenta trail given it's name?