Devil's Tower

Devil's Tower is located in which state?

• California

• Idaho

• Wyoming

• Nevada

Indian legend describe the columns of the tower being former by the claws of which animal?

• Bear

• Wolf

• Wolverine

• Cougar

Which year did Devil's Tower become a national monument?

Which statement is true?

• Devil's Tower was once an active volcano.

• Devil's Tower is made of igneous rock, but is surrounded by sedimentary rock.

• Devil's Tower is made of sedimentary rock surrounded by igneous rock.

• Devil's Tower was carved by a massive glacier.

The sedimentary rock formation surrounding Devil's Tower was caused when sediment was transported to a.......

• Shallow sea

• Sahara Dessert

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

The Devil's Tower is made of what type of rock?

• Granite

• Basalt

• Sandstone

• phonolite

True or False? Devil's Tower was much taller.

• True

• False

• A trick question. It has always been the same.

The source of energy that provided the sediment is?

• The sun

• Earth's Interior

• Volcanoes

• Tsunamis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The source of energy that melted the rock is?

• The sun

• Earthquakes

• The Earth's Interior

• Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Sedimentary rock is formed when

• energy from the sun causes rock to be weathered, broken into sediment, and then compacted and cemented together to form rock.

• rock moves beneath the surface of Earth, is melted into magma, then cooled to form rock.

• energy from Earth's interior causes the sediment to melt and form rock.

• rock moves above Earth's surface and is exposed to energy from Earth's interior.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1