Use the above drawings of stratigraphic columns in Bryce Canyon/Cedar Breaks, Zion Canyon/Painted Desert, and the Grand Canyon area, and the principles of cross correlation, to place the geologic formation in time order. Geologic Formations
list in order
Youngest
Supai Formation
1. Dakota Sandstone
2. Wingate Sandstone
3. Curtis Formation
4. Zoroaster Granite
5. Vishnu Schist

Sandstones that form in aeolian (wind/desert) environments appear very different from other sandstones, such as those formed in a beach/ shoreline environment and in rivers on land. give three identifying properties for each of the three sandstones that would tell a geologist which depositional environment they formed in. consider things such as the relationship between transportation and grain size, shape, roundness, sorting, fossils and composition.

All of the following statements about the biosphere are true except: a. light and heat from the sun do not affect the biosphere. b. the biosphere gets resources from earth's crust, hydrosphere and atmosphere. c. like "biology", the name for the biosphere comes from the greek word for life. d. the biosphere includes all living organisms on earth's surface.

How does central place theory explain patterns in the size and distribution of cities?