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Activity Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ACTIVITY SHEET ROCK STRATA Look at this diagram of a cliff face. These are layers of sediment deposited by water. The faster the water, the larger the particle size deposited, the slower the water, the finer the particle deposited. Conglomerate Limestone Mudstone Greywacke Lava flow · Which is the oldest layer?______________________________________________________ · Which is the youngest layer?____________________________________________________ · What evidence could be used to date layer numbers 2 and 3? · Why are fossils sometimes found in sedimentary rocks? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ · Sedimentary layers are deposited by water. What events might have happened when layer 3 was deposited? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ · Write what you think happened as each layer was deposited. Start at layer 7. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Auckland Museum 31 Soil Sandstone
ACTIVITY SHEET GEOLOGICAL MAPS Examine the geological map of New Zealand. Young alluvium, moraine, dunes Young sedimentary rocks Old sedimentary rocks Young volcanic rocks Old volcanic and intrusive rocks Metamorphic rocks Granite rocks · What rock is most common in both of the islands?___________________________________ · What areas of New Zealand exhibit volcanic activity? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ · Find the old volcanic and intrusive rocks. Where are they found?________________________ · Why might the only area of metamorphic rocks in New Zealand be close to the Alpine Fault? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ · Find the alpine fault. If you were to cut the map along this line and slide Nelson down beside Fiordland (as New Zealand looked millions of years ago), what do you notice about the rock types? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ · The Nelson area is still sliding slowly northwards along the Alpine Fault. How might the South Island look in the distant future? 32 Auckland Museum Activity Sheet
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