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WorksheetsYosemite Valley
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How long is Yosemite Valley?
a)
15 miles
b)
7 miles
c)
1 mile
d)
50 miles
2.
How wide is Yosemite Valley?
a)
500 yards
b)
1500 yards
c)
1 mile
d)
3 miles
3.
How many years ago was Yosemite Valley discovered by the Europeans?
a)
150 years
b)
50 years
c)
1000 years
d)
300 years
4.
What is this rock called?
a)
Mt. Rushmore
b)
Half Dome
c)
Mt. Whitney
d)
Mt. Everest
5.
What shape is Yosemite Valley?
a)
U shaped valley
b)
V shaped valley
c)
Rectangular shaped
d)
z shaped valley
6.
Who was the Government Geologist that theorized Yosemite was the result of a cataclysmic event where the valley sank down along fault lines?
a)
John Muir
b)
Enrique Lauriano
c)
Josiah Whitney
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
7.
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the formation of Yosemite?
a)
uplift of the Earth's crust
b)
steep, fast river erosion
c)
glaciers
d)
Mountains sinking into the ground
8.
What is special about Yosemite granite?
a)
extremely hard
b)
very brittle
c)
very porous
d)
erodes easility
9.
What makes Yosemite a rectangular shaped valley?
a)
aliens sculpted it
b)
explosive volcanoes
c)
sediment from a lake
d)
valley sank at fault lines
10.
What state is Yosemite in?
a)
Arizona
b)
China
c)
California
d)
Oregon
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