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Student Worksheet: Devil’s Lake Field Trip
Directions: During the field trip at Devil’s Lake you are required to answer the
following questions and turn in the completed worksheet the next time class meets.
1. How old is Baraboo Quartzite?
2. Explain how the quartzite got its interesting shape?
3. Explain how the quartzite was formed. What is the proof that still exists today
that the quartzite was formed this way?
4. What type of life was around 1.6 billion years ago? What does this have to do
with the coloration of the rock?
5. Draw an aerial view of Devil’s Lake and label the following features (quartzite
bluffs and glacial till).