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Grand Canyon Vocab!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call unique and important parts of the Grand Canyon?

a)

Layers

b)

Features

c)

Fossils

d)

Valley

2.

Two important features of the Grand Canyon are

a)

Mud

b)

River

c)

Landslide

d)

Trees

3.

Which layer of the Grand Canyon is the oldest?

a)

Top

b)

Middle

c)

Bottom

4.

Which layer is the youngest layer?

a)

F

b)

A

c)

E

d)

C

5.

Remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago are called what?

a)

Rocks

b)

Fossils

c)

Corals

d)

Shale

6.

Canyons are narrow with steep sides.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Select TWO scientific observations based on the image.

a)

There is a landslide.

b)

Why is the sky blue?

c)

There are visible rock layers.

d)

You can fish.

8.

What is the definition for massive?

a)

Small

b)

Huge

c)

Normal sized

9.

What is the definition for Dehydrated?

a)

Having enough water in the body

b)

A body part

c)

Lack of water in the body

10.

What is the definition for Ancient?

a)

New

b)

Old

c)

Early

11.

How old is the Grand Canyon?

a)

27 years old

b)

about 17 million years old

c)

3 years old

12.

What is the weather like in the Grand Canyon?

a)

Hot and dry in the South, North Rim cold in the winter

b)

Always hot and dry all over the Canyon

c)

Cold and snowy

13.

Fill in the blank. The Grand Canyon is one of the _________ Wonders of the world.

a)

Seven

b)

Twenty

c)

Three

14.

What color is the rock that the Grand Canyon is made of?

a)

Blue

b)

Yellow

c)

Red

15.

What runs at the bottom of the Grand Canyon?

a)

Colorado River

b)

A little creak

c)

A lake

16.

How long in the Grand canyon?

a)

277 miles

b)

178 miles

c)

1,000 miles

17.

How Deep is the Grand Canyon?

a)

800,000 inches

b)

1 mile

c)

100 feet

18.

How wide is the Grand Canyon?

a)

18 feet

b)

26 miles

c)

18 miles

19.

What was the Grand Canyon made by?

a)

The Chesapeake Bay

b)

The Colorado River

c)

A very large Lake

20.

What is it called when water moves rocks and dirt?

a)

rain

b)

erosion

c)

a river