Formation of Mountain, Weathering, Erosion & Deposition

What mystery is found 8,000 ft. high in the Colorado Rockies, 60 mi. west of Boulder?

• Fine Acoustics

• Natural Birdbaths

• Fossils of Marine Animals

• A Family of Yetis!

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What existed for over 30 million years, and stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Sea?

• A Vast Inland Sea

• The Ancestral Rockies

• A Sterile Promontory

• Massive Pods of Ichthyosaur

What holds a key to when the Rockies first emerged, about 70 million years ago?

• Large fern imprint fossils

• Granite bedrock

• Bubbles of Helium

• Date of the ammonite's extinction

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For the last 3 million years, ____ have come and gone from the Rocky Mountains.

• upheavals

• rivers

• glaciers

• Yetis

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Ice turns V-shaped river valleys into what?

• slick conduits

• broad, U-shaped canyons

• rolling plains

• large sea inlets

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What is the result of "Weathering?"

• The breaking down and changing of rocks as a result of exposure to the environment.

• The breaking down of fossils as a result of massive excavations.

• The breaking down of rocks as a result of exposure to the Rock!

• The breaking down and changing of rocks as a result of exposure to mystical forces.

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Erosion is all about:

• weathering and deposition

• movement and respiration 

• groovy transportation

• movement and transportation

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Match the following images with the correct response:

• Weathering

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• Erosion

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• Deposition

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Match the following images with the correct type of "Physical Weathering:"

• Root Wedging

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• Exfoliation

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• Abrasion

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• Frost Action

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Which type of weathering can change the composition of the rocks?

• Physical

• Mechanical

• Root Wedge

• Chemical