8.Geology of Stanley Park

What caused the formation of Vancouver's land surface?

• Plate tectonics
• Glaciation
• Volcanic activity
• Erosion

What are the main types of rock that make up the Cliffs along the Stanley Park sea wall?

• Sandstone and mudstone
• Granite and basalt
• Limestone and shale
• Sandstone and shale

What is the typical makeup of the till carried down from the coast mountains?

• Sand and gravel
• Sand, silts, and clays
• Limestone and shale
• Granite and basalt

What is the term used to describe Stanley Park's geomorphology?

• Cuesta
• Ridge
• Escarpment
• Dip slope

What kind of terrain was being carved out by the glaciers 25,000 years ago?

• Mountains and valleys
• Plains and deserts
• Swamps and wetlands
• Tropical forests

What kind of rock is the platform at Ferguson Point made of?

• Granite
• Limestone
• Sandstone
• Basalt

What kind of material is left behind when a glacier makes its final retreat?

• Bedrock
• Sediment
• Water
• Fossils

What is glacial till?

• The debris that is carried down by a glacier
• The movement of a glacier across a landscape
• The sound made by a glacier as it moves
• The weight of a glacier pressing down on the earth

How were the striation lines on the erratic at the North End of Third Beach created?

• By volcanic activity
• By plate tectonics
• By erosion from wind and waves
• By being trapped in the ice in the last glaciation period

What is the term used to describe the side of a cuesta that is less exposed to erosion?

• Escarpment
• Dip slope
• Ridge
• Valley