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Geo of Nat Parks 2
Test 1 review for midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following national parks IS NOT found in the Colorado Plateaus? | Great Sand Dunes NP |
| The dominant agent of erosion shaping the land surface in the Colorado Plateau is: | running water |
| Which of the following is (are) a characteristic of the Colorado Plateaus: | flat-lying sedimentary rocks, relatively high elevations and semiarid climate (all of the above) |
| Which of the following is NOT associated with relative ages of rocks. | radioactive decay of rocks |
| Which of the following sedimentary rocks are found in the Colorado Plateaus? | limestone, sandstone, shale (all of the above) |
| Which type of rock(s) are exposed in the Inner Gorge of the Grand Canyon? | igneous and metamorphic |
| A coarse textured sedimentary rock is? | conglomerate |
| Which of the following would be considered a clastic sedimentary rock? | shale, sandstone, and conglomerate (all of the above) |
| A time gap in the geologic record of rocks is called: | unconformity |
| An upfold in sedimentary rocks is called a: | none of the above |
| Movement along a break or fracture in bedrock causing displacement is called: | fault |
| This is a type of igneous volcanic rock forma ion in which hot magma from inside the earth flows out on the surface: | extrusive |
| This is a downward-curving fold with layers that dip toward the center. | syncline |
| This occurs when the forces responsible for sediment transportation are no longer strong enough to overcome the forces of particle weight and friction: | deposition |
| Which of the following IS NOT found in Zion National Park: | Vishnu schist |
| Which of the following processes have been responsible for the remarkable scenery found in Bryce Canyon National Park? | weathering, slope wash, and mass wasting (all of the above) |
| Which of the following IS NOT a chemical weathering process? | exfoliation |
| Which of the following is a prominent feature in Bryce Canyon National Park? | hoodoos |
| The Water Pocket Fold is is found in: | None of the above |
| The Water Pocket Fold is a : | monocline |
| Which of the following is (are) an example of mass wasting that operates in arid regions? | rockslides, mudflows, and debris (all of the above) |
| The Hickman Natural Bridge is found in: | Capital Reef National park |
| Rock tanks or potholes are a prominent feature in: | Capital Reef National Park |
| The confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers is found in: | None of the above |
| Which of these geologically distinctive areas is found in Canyonlands National Park? | maze, needles, and Island in the sky (all of the above) |
| Which of the following processes play a rule in the development of natural arches? | Forming of deep vertical, parallel fractures, formation of fins, and frost action and weathering (all of the above) |
| Probably the most well-known arch that is unique in its isolation and can be found on the Utah license plate is: | Delicate Arch |
| Salt anticlines played an important role in the formation of: | Arches National Park |
| This rock formation is famous for its many fossils (including dinosaurs) and its uranium deposits. | Morrison Formation |
| Although this national park has an interesting geology it is primarily noted for its Pre-Columbian cliff dwellings, multi-room Pueblos, and ancient irrigation systems. | Mesa Verde National Park |
| The ability of a rock formation to hold large amounts of water is called: | porosity |
| The ability of rock to let water move through it easily is called: | permeability |
| A ridge that slopes gently on one side but has a steep scarp or cliff on the opposite side is called a: | Cuesta |
| A desert surface that is covered with closely packed, interlocking angular or round rock fragments is called: | Desert pavement |
| A hardened deposit of soluble calcium salts such as calcium carbonate round in desert areas is called: | caliche |
| When organic cells decompose and are replaced by minerals you get: | petrified wood |
| This is a type of arid landscape where softer sedimentary rock and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by water and wind. | badlands |
| These are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants or other organisms from the remote past. | fossils |
| This park or region probably has the richest storehouse of vertebrate fossils in all of North America. | Badlands National Park |
| Which of the following is true about the Great Plains? | it overlays the North American craton, it is primarily composed of sedimentary rocks, and it has a regional tilt, higher in the west (all of the above) |
| An erosional escarpment that acts as a drainage divide in Badlands National Park is called: | The Wall |
| Some of the highest current rates of erosion in the world are found in: | Badlands National Park |
| When sediments fill cracks and fissures in sedimentary rocks and then are cemented together into hard resistant rock they can form: | clastic dikes |
| Which of the following would be considered fluvial landforms: | sandbars, oxbows, and cutbanks (all of the above) |
| Which of the following would NOT be considered a permafrost feature? | barchans |
| A sand dune that is half-moon shaped in map view with the arms printing downwind is called: | barchan |
| Low ridges of sand that parallel the riverbanks and are deposited by the river during flooding are called? | natural levee |
| The tallest sand dunes in North America are found in: | Great Sand Dunes National Park |
| This national park is located in Colorado's San Luis Valley. | None of the above |
| This type of stream is divided into an interlacing network with the individual stream lets being separated by channel sandbars. | braided stream |
| T/F: Mass wasting is the downslope movement of material under gravity. | True |
| T/F: Wind is the most powerful geologic agent in humid climates. | False |
| T/F: The determination of ABSOLUTE AGES of rocks is based on Paleontology (study of ancient life forms) and stratigraphy (interpretation of rock layers). | False |
| T/F: "Layer-cake Geology" is primarily associated with flay-lying sedimentary rocks. | True |
| T/F: The red color of rocks in the Colorado Plateaus is primarily due to the presence of minute amounts of iron compounds. | True |
| T/F: Much of the sediment load that used to scour the Grand Canyon during spring floods now settles to the bottom of Lake Powell behind the Glen Canyon Dam. | True |
| T/F: Sea level is the ultimate base level for the Colorado River. | True |
| T/F: A stream with a low gradient has a great deal of erosive power. | False |
| T/F: The oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon are the VIshnu schists. | True |
| T/F: The three main types of rocks are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. | True |
| T/F: The most common sedimentary rock having a nonclastic texture is limestone. | True |
| T/F: Compression of layered rocks can create an uphold called a syncline. | False |
| T/F: In a normal fault the having wall side of the fault moves down in relation to the footwall side. | True |
| T/F: In a strike-slip fault one side of the fault moves horizontally by the other side. | True |
| T/F: In the Grand Canyon shales tend to be cliff-formers, while limestones form gentle slopes. | False |
| T/F: The narrow inner gorge of the Grand Canyon is not terraced or stepped because the rocks there have fairly uniform hardness and are more resistant to erosion. | True |
| T/F: A tributary valley with the floor at a higher relief than the main channel into which it flows is called a hanging valley | True |
| T/F: An underwater mountain range, typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine and formed by plate tectonics is called a MId-ocean ridge. | True |
| T/F: The essential idea of plate tectonics states that the earth's outer shell consists of twelve or more major crustal plates, and about a dozen smaller ones. | True |
| T/F: The downward trickling of running water, not in channels, is called slope wash. | True |
| T/F: The pink hues of the beds in Bryce Canyon are due to the presence of iron oxide and manganese in the rocks. | True |
| T/F: The stripping of concentric rock slabs from the outer surface of a resistant rock mass is called exfoliation. | True |
| T/F: Rock weathering involves physical and chemical processes that occur independently from each other. | False |
| T/F: Angular rock faces are more common in humid areas than in arid regions. | False |
| T/F: An intermittent stream is a stream that is temporary or seasonal. | True |
| T/F: A natural bridge is primarily formed by physical and chemical weathering plus mass wasting. | False |
| T/F: Natural arches may form from fins. | True |
| T/F: The greatest density of natural arches in the world is found in Arches National Park. | True |
| T/F: Most of the soil on the mesa top at Mesa Verde National Park is the result of accumulated wind-deposited silt called loess. | True |
| T/F: Differential weathering and erosion has uncovered the petrified logs, which are more resistant to erosion than the rock formation in which they are buried. | True |
| T/F: As sandstone weathers in a desert climate, a thin dark brownish red or black patina called desert varnish may develop on the rock surface. | True |
| T/F: Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising or carving. This can occur in desert varnish and is often associated with prehistoric peoples. | True |
| T/F: A craton is a portion of the earth's crust that has been stable for a long time. | True |
| T/F: Badlands National Park has many different paleosols which can be seen as reddish bands in the landscape. | False |
| T/F: Topographic position (north or south facing slopes) has little effect on the landscape in Badlands National Park. | False |
| T/F: Most of the bedrock in Kobuk Valley National Park is found very close to the surface. | False |
| T/F: The natural flow patterns of some rivers tend to create sweeping curves, bends, and loops called meanders. | True |
| T/F: The Rio Grande River runs through the San Luis Valley in Colorado. | True |
| T/F: Most of the sand at the Great Sand Dunes National Park was originally derived from rocks of the San Juan Mountains. | True |
| What river flows through Grand Canyon National Park? | Colorado River |
| What river flows through Zion National Park? | Virgin River |
| What river flows through Bryce Canyon National Park? | Sevier River |
| What river flows through Canyonlands National Park? | Green River |
| What river flows through Mesa Verde National Park? | Mancos River |
| What river flows through Great Sand Dunes National Park? | Rio Grande River |
| What is the principle rock formation of Zion National Park? | Navajo Sandstone Formation |
| What is the principle rock formation of Bryce Canyon National Park? | Claron Formaion |
| What is the principle rock formation of Arches National Park? | Entrada Sandstone Formation |
| What is the principle rock formation of Petrified Forest National Park? | Chinle Formation |
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