Grand Canyon Questions
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1. What process or processes helped form the Grand Canyon?
2. What type of rocks (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary) make up the Grand Canyon? Name
some specific rocks.
3. How was evidence of the formation of the Grand Canyon lost?
4. Why is the Grand Canyon so important to history?
5. Where is the Grand Canyon located? How long and deep is the Grand Canyon? What river
makes up the Grand Canyon?
6. What is the elevation change of the river? Calculate the gradient. Show work.
7. What is the coldest temperature on record? What is the warmest? Does it snow?
8. Can you see the Grand Canyon from space?
9. Who was the first to successfully travel the river throughout the entire Grand Canyon? What
year was this?
10. What is responsible for the width and depth of the Grand Canyon? Why?