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Question | Answer |
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The elevation is 2465ft above | sea level |
The name of the river that flows through the Grand canyon is | Colorado river |
The colorado river flows | North to South |
what are the characteristics of sandstone | rough, particles come of when rubbed together, different colors |
What are two important tools of a geologist? | Hydrochloric acid and a hand lens |
What are characteristics of limestone? | fizzes with acid, different colors, some have holes which absorb the liquid on it. |
Two types of weathering is __________ and _____________. ! | Mechanical and chemical |
What is the idea that what happened before is still happening today? | uniformitarianism |
Name the 5 kinds of mechanical weathering. | abrasion, freezing and thawing, plant growth, release of pressure, animal actions |
Name the two things that determine how fast a rock will weather. | type of rock and climate |