Transcript Dinosaur National Park

BY:
LEO ORTEL
Question #1
#1 What year did the park become an official National Park
and why?
 The park became an official national park on October 4,
1915. It became an official national park because it had
interesting dinosaur fossils for learning. It also has amazing
scenery and wildlife that people can take tours on.
Question #2
#2 How was the park formed? (From an
Earth and Science Perspective)
 Dinosaur National Monument was formed when
floods washed Dinosaurs and some other animals
away. Many of these Dinosaurs and animals were
buried and formed into solid rock. The rock layers
were lifted up to form Uintas and Mountains.
Erosion allowed the paleontologists to see the
fossils.
Question #3
#3 What types of rocks can be found in your
park?
 Sedimentary rocks are found in this park.
These include sandstone and conglomerate
rocks . For thousands of years, little pieces of
earth have been eroded. Little bits the earth
are washed downstream where they settle to
the bottom of the rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Layers are pressed down more and more and
after awhile the bottom layers slowly turn
into rock.
Question # 4
#4 What special landforms or features are in your
park?
 Some special landforms and features inside my park
are dinosaur fossils, a dinosaur quarry, and the
Green River. The quarry is very rugged and large.
There are many dinosaur bones there.
Paleontologists still work there to uncover dinosaur
remains. Tthe Green River is 730 miles long and it
flows in many different directions. It has many layers
of sedimentary rock. There are many theories of how
the river was formed.
Question #5
#5 How is the land inside your park currently
changing?
 The land in my park is changing because the
ground is becoming weaker and buildings are
being destroyed because of the weathering and
erosion. Some of the rocks break down and aren't
strong so whatever is built on the rocks isn't as
stable.
Question #6
#6
What environmental issues are affecting your
park?
 An environmental issue that is affecting my park is
that the dinosaur quarry was built on unstable clay
and soil so it is falling down. There are also invasive
plants that have taken over river banks along the
rivers. They crowd out native plants that animals
need to get to.
Question #7
#7 Topographic Map of the park is at:
http://www.nps.gov/dino/planyourvisit/upload/DI
NOmap1.pdf
Question #8
#8 How is technology used to help preserve and
maintain the park?
Technology is used to help preserve and maintain the
park when scientists find fossils they use computers to
find what kind of dinosaur it was. It is also used when
they use GPS devices to map out places and put them
on a computer. Also, the park has buildings and
exhibitor halls that store some of the special fossils for
visitors to see. These buildings will help preserve and
protect many of the unique artifacts that are in the
park.
Question # 9
 #9 Pictures that will help promote or explain
geological features in your
 park:
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Bibliograpy
 http://www.nps.gov/dino/planyourvisit/upload/
DINOmap1.pdfhttp://www.google.com/images?hl
=en&rls=com.microsoft:enus&q=dinosaur+national+monument&um=1&ie=
UTF8&source=univ&ei=Wpv6S5bCAqXwNLiB9YMI&
sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=
5&ved=0CEkQsAQwBA&safe=activehttp://www.n
ps.gov/dino/index.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wi
ki/Dinosaur_National_Monument