National Parks

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Groups of Native Americans that visited the national parks of Utah.

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Fremont, Anasazi, Paiute, Ute, Navajo.

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We know Native Americans were there because...

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Rocks and debri piles.

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When farming villages developed.

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200 years ago.

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Fremont developed what?

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One-rod-and-bundle.

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Paiutes developed a diet based off what?

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Pinyon pine and yucca.

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Where are the most arches in in the world found?

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Arches National Park.

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When is an arch officially an arch.

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When it becomes 3 feet wide.

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What is Arches National Park part of?

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Colorado plateau.

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Why are there so many arches in Arches National Park.

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Right kind of rock, Rain, Earthquakes, and living planet.

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What type of rock are arches made of?

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Sandstone.

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Longest arch in Arches National Park.

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Landscape arch. (300 feet)

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Most well known arch.

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Delicate Arch.

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Landscape arch.

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Very thin.

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Broken arch.

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Visible crack.

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Wall arch.

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Collapsed with no warning.

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Colorado plateau rose how many years ago?

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20 million years ago.

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What is the Grand Staircase.

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World’s most complete sequence of sedimentary rock.

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How do hoodoos form.

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Wall, fin, window, hoodoo.

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How does Bryce Canyon form?

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Frost wedging makes it so the rocks expand and then breaks.

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How often does frost wedging happen?

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200 days a year.

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First people to settle at Bryce Canyon.

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Mormon pioneers.

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Three areas of Canyon Lands.

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Island in the sky, the needles, and the maze.

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Canyon lands has a history going back 10,000 years that includes what?

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Rock art, outlaws, and cowboys.

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Desert varnish.

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Thin red to black coating found on rock surfaces.

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What causes desert varnish?

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Manganese and iron.

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What was Canyon Lands 200 million years ago?

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A dune field on the eastern edge of a shallow sea.

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What formed Canyon Lands.

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The Colorado and green rivers.

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What three organisms live in potholes?

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Drought escaper, drought resistors, and drought tolerators.

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What was the purpose of inverted coffee cans on table legs?

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To keep rodents off and out of the food.

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How does Capital Reef get its name?

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After iconic landform.

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What defines Capitol Reef national park?

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The geological waterpocket fold feature.

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Nineteen rock layers reveal ancient environment as varied as...

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Reddish orange stone, sandy mud, and marine stone.

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What causes a bridge?

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Flowing water.

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What causes an arch?

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Wind, water, sand, etc.

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Oldest National Park in Utah.

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Zions National Park.

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What did Brigham Young call it?

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Not Zion.

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What formed Zions National Park?

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Water.

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What did Zion before look like.

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A flat basin.

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Why is it so hard to grow things in Zion?

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Drought and flashflooding.