Geologic Changes Over Time Part 1

Geologic Changes Over Time

Part 1

Challenge Time!!!!!

Multiple Choice

Once rock forms it never changes.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Fossils can tell us which animals lived at a certain time.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The climate is exactly the same all over the world.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A volcano erupting is an example of a geologic process.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What can you infer about the environment in which this fossil probably formed?

The Grand Canyon

VIDEO TIME!!!

Open Ended

How did the Grand Canyon form? Why does it look that way?

Multiple Choice

What body of water is present in the Grand Canyon?

• Colorado River

• Colorado Lake

• Colorado Ocean

Multiple Choice

What did the water do to the rocks at the Grand Canyon?

• Weathered them and deposited them

• Weathered and eroded them

• Deposited them

Multiple Choice

How long has erosion been happening?

• Hundreds of Years

• Thousands of years

• Millions of years

• Like 50 years

Uniformitarianism

Geologic processes that happen in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.

WHAT'S HAPPENING HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED!

Multiple Choice

Uniform means...

• The same all the time

• Changing alot

Multiple Choice

Uniformitarianism says that volcanism...

• ....has occured over millions of years

• ....has occured in recent history (100 years)