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What is your official title as an employee of the Grand Canyon National Park?
Time Traveler Tour Guide
Name a type of insect that lives in the Grand Canyon
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How deep is the Grand Canyon?
It is a mile deep in certain parts of the canyon?
What is a plateau?
A flat piece of land that is higher in elevation.
Name the materials used to create a student model of the Grand Canyon.
Sand, Cup, Fossil Pictures, Tape
How many people visit the Grand Canyon each year?
About 5 million visitors
Name three mammals that live in the Grand Canyon.
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What year did the Grand Canyon become a national park? HINT: It's also teh name of a root beer brand.
1919
Name at least two types of environments that once exsisted where the present day Grand Canyon is located.
Ocean
Forest
Desert
Name the type of fossil that we passed around th e class (twice).
Trilobite
Who was the first American explorer that named the canyon?
John Wesley Powell
How many types of fish are in the Colorado River?
17 varieties of fish live in the Grand Canyon National Park.
The Grand Canyon is about the size of which U.S. state?
Rhode Island
The oldest layer of rock is located at the bottom of hte canyon? How was it formed?
Lava cooled off and formed a layer of rock.
Name the materials used to create a teacher model of the Grand Canyon.
Bread, Gummy Bears, Books to apply pressure.
Name another population of Native Americans that currently live near the Grand Canyon.
Hualapai and Havasupai Tribal Nations
What is the name of the rare snake found in the Grand Canyon?
Grand Canyon Pink Rattlesnake
How hot does it get in teh Grand Canyon in the Summer months?
It can get up to 100 degree!
Name a layer of rock in the Grand Canyon (based on the Reading the Rocks article)
Hermit Shale
Angel Shale
What is the name of the model we poured water onto?
Stream Table
Name the original Native American tribe that inhabited the region known as Grand Canyon.
The Pueblo People
Name an animal adaptation that helps them survive in the Grand Canyon.
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What is the name of the area that the Grand Canyon is located in?
Colorado Plateau
What are the layers of rock called?
Strata
Name a variable used on the Stream Table.
Pebbles, Amount of tilt, Height of cup, How wet the sand started.