Grand Canyon

How many miles long is the Grand Canyon?

• 207 miles

• 227 miles

• 257 miles

• 277 miles

How many miles wide is the Grand Canyon?

• 18 miles

• 20 miles

• 22 miles

• 24 miles

You CAN see the Grand Canyon from space?

• True

• False

How much of the Grand Canyon would be filled if you combine all of the water from all of the rivers in the world?

• 1/3 of the way

• 1/4 of the way

• 1/2 way

• 2/3 of the way

What is the name of the river that made the Grand Canyon?

• Mississippi

• Amazon

• Nile

• Colorado

Where do geologists look to find clues about how the Grand Canyon was made?

• River Bed

• Rock Layers

• Rain water

• Mountain sediment

The Native Americans call the area of the Grand Canyon "Kaibab". What does Kaibab mean?

• Upside down mountain

• River run through it

• Hole in ground

• Mountain lying down

How many years ago was the Grand Canyon actually mountains?

• 1.6 - 1.8 billion years ago

• 1.6 - 1.8 million years ago

• 1.6 - 1.8 trillion years ago

• 1.6 - 1.8 gazillion years ago

What caused the original Grand Canyon mountains to wear down to hills?

• Sedimentation

• Fusion

• Erosion

• Glacial formation

Other than the Grand Canyon, what land form was created due to the movement of the tectonic plates?

• Rocky Mountains

• The Alps

• The Himalayan mountains

• The Andes