Geology 1050I Great Smoky Mountains

Front 1

In which two states do we find Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

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Tennesse and North Carolina

Front 2

The Smoky Mountains are part of what longer mountain chain?

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Appalachian Mountains

Front 3

Where did the name "Smokies" come from?

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moisture in the air combining with tree resins and oils

Front 4

Acid precipitation and air pollution are primarily due to:

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burning fossil fuels

Front 5

Which one of our national parks receives the most visitors annually?

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Great Smoky Mountains

Front 6

What famous and long hiking trail passes through the park?

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Appalachian Trail

Front 7

What band of Native Americans were forcibly removed from the Great Smokies?

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Cherokees

Front 8

Most of the early European settlers in the Smokies were from:

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British Isles

Front 9

The Appalachian term for a protected valley, surrounded by high mountain ridges, is:

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Cove

Front 10

What removed most of the trees from the Smoky Mountains in the early 20th century?

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Logging

Front 11

What philanthropist was instrumental in establishing both Grand Teton and Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

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John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Front 12

The "basement complex" in the area is composed of:

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igneous and metamorphic crystalline rocks

Front 13

What rocks make up most of the mountain mass in the park?

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The Ocoee Supergroup

Front 14

The "proto-Atlantic" or precursor to the modern Atlantic Ocean is referred to as:

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Iapetus

Front 15

What are the names given to the three Paleozoic orogenies that affected the Smokies?

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Taconic, Acadian, Allegheny

Front 16

Which one of these pairs of exotic terranes were accreted to the eastern side of the North American plate during Paleozoic plate collisions?

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Avalon, Piedmont

Front 17

On which side of the park do we find the highest grade metamorphism?

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East

Front 18

What is the name given to the "supercontinent" created when the proto-Atlantic ocean closed late in the Paleozoic?

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Pangea

Front 19

How did the coves form?

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they are erosional windows or fensters in the overthrust sheet

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Where can we find the same rocks and structures that we find in the Appalachians?

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British Isles and Scandinavia

Front 21

True or False: Much of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is wilderness

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True

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True or False: The Smoky Mountains are younger than the Rocky Mountains.

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False

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True or False: The humid climate in the eastern United States has resulted in a lush growth of vegetation which obscures much of the geology in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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True

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True or False: The Great Smoky Mountains were heavily glaciated in the Pleistocene.

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False

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True or False: In the Smokies, valleys form in the sandstones and crystalline rocks, while limestones and shales form the ridges and mountain tops.

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False