Where is the Park Located?
Where is Death Valley National Park Located?
California
What is a Fault?
A fault is a crack or fracture in Earth's surface where there has been some sort of displacement or movement caused by tectonic forces.
What is Under a Fault Plane?
The Hanging Wall
What is the Average Temperature in the Great Smokey Mountains?
About 15 degrees cooler in higher elevations
What is the most visited National Park?
Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
Where is the Great Smokey Mountains Located?
Tennessee
and
North Carolina
What are Joints?
Joints are fractures or cracks in Earth's surface where there is no displacement.
What is under a Hanging Wall?
The Footwall.
What is the hottest, driest, lowest land in the United States?
Death Valley National Park.
What National Park has the Lowest place in North America?
Death Valley National Park.
Where is Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Located?
California
What is a fold?
The bending of the rock.
What are the 2 main types of Folds?
Anticlines and Synclines
What National Park gets 40-80 inches of Rain during the Winter?
Redwood National Park.
What National Park has the Tallest Trees on Earth?
Redwood National Park.
Where is Great Basin National Park Located?
Nevada
What is a Fault Plane?
The actual surface of the fault.
What are the 3 main types of faults?
1. Normal Faulting
2. Reverse and Thrust Faulting
3. Strike-Slip Faulting
What other park does Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park have similar geology to?
Yosemite National Park
What National Park gets 850,000 gallons of hot water flow per day?
Hot Springs National Park.
Where is Shenandoah National Park Located?
Virginia
What is a Hanging Wall?
The rock directly above the fault.
What are the 3 Stages of Mountain Building?
1. Accumulation Stage
2.Orogenic Stage
3.Crustal Extension, Block Faulting and Uplift
What National Park does NOT have many rocks exposed due to lush vegetation?
Shenandoah National Park.
What year was Shenandoah National Park established?
Established in 1935