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Watch the following video no more than twice and answer the following questions with complete answers. Example of a question: ¿Cómo te llamas? Example of a complete answer: Me llamo Ana. Example of an incomplete answer: Ana. You should read the questions first and then watch the video. During this time you can take notes in the box provided for this question. You can delete the notes before you submit your answer or include “notes” so I know that they are not part of your answer, or you can take notes on a piece of white paper. What is her favorite holiday? 2 pt Name two things she likes to do during this celebration. 2.5 pts What does she like about this celebration? 2.5 pts

Check the “Gubbio, Italy” folder and double click to fly there. Click the placemark’s name to view two images representing important data from ~65 Mya. What is seen at this location and what does it provide evidence for?

Fly to “Hermit Formation, Grand Canyon” to explore this formation. Click the name of the placemark to see three images of the red-brown, fine-grained, nonresistant clastic rock. What rock type makes up the Hermit formation?

Answer the following two cultural questions with complete sentences in Spanish: 1. Describe dos tipos de arte alternativo de Colombia en Mampuján.

The rock identified in problem #1 is 3.06 Ga. However, the zircons encased in it are not the same age (see Question 3). Which of the following is the best explanation for this?  Tip: Think about what kind of rocks/minerals these are and remember how they fit within the rock cycle!

Which of the following is the most likely depositional environment(s) during this time?

Select the Global Paleogeographic Model folder. Double click to zoom out. Also select the placemark labeled “Question 39” and navigate to where it is in view. It represents the average location of North America during this time. Toggle through the end of the Triassic (~200 Mya) through the Jurassic (~140 Mya). What changes do we see? Mark all that apply. Don’t overthink it!

You calculated the age of the oldest preserved material above, however, we know from dating meteorites that the Earth is 4.54 Ga. What was happening in this block of time (between these two dates) to prevent material from being preserved?

An examination by the speaker of the time and place of the speech, size of the expected audience, and the speaking occasion is a:

Fly to “Toroweap Formation, Grand Canyon” to explore this formation. This formation includes three rock types (represented in the stratigraphic column as three “members”). Click the name of the placemark to see four images. The first rock sample image is of a medium-grained clastic rock. The second is a gray, carbonate rock which fizzes when in contact with acid. The third is a chemical rock that is soft enough to scratch with a fingernail. What are the 3 rock types that make up the Toroweap formation? Mark all that apply.