Making North America PT 1 PDF

Preview

Summary

Movie Assignment...

Description

Carla Marrero 01/23/19 Movie Assignment Making of North America

Pt 1 ORIGINS

NOVA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsl9U-Od-pE 1) What is the name of the scientist and where does he work? Kirk Johnson Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2) What is the first layer he looked at in the Grand Canyon?.......How old? Sandstone 300 million years 3) What is the second layer and how old? Limestone 340 million years 4)

How old is the rock at the bottom of the canyon? earth? 1.7 billion years- Grand Canyon 4 billion years- oldest rock 5) Hawaii

How old are the oldest rocks on

Where is Mt Kilauea located?

6) What allows the plates to move? Lava from volcano 7) How rare is palladium compared to gold? 35% more rare compared to gold 8) How far below Lake Superior does the volcanic (basalt) rock exist? 30 miles below 9) Rodinia

What was the super continent called?

10) Why can so many tall buildings exist in New York City (Manhattan)? Because of the granite and the shields 11) Why does Manhattan have two different areas of tall buildings? In midtown bedrock comes near the surface. One area has layer of shields (mid-town) and the other in lower Manhattan 12) Pangea 13)

What was the name of the mega-continent formed over 300 million years ago?

What did the break-up of Pangea mean for the future of North America from a climate standpoint? It allowed moisture in the middle of North America… laid down the possibility for dinosaurs to eat more fruitful… This breakup led North America to have more controlled climates, eliminate extreme colds and warms.

14) 15) 16)

Why did the layers of red rock become slanted? What did the ocean plate moving eastward underneath the western US help create? What type of fossil did they find under the rock?...