Answered: Where are the clusters of Skyscrapers?…

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

9th Edition

ISBN:9780134746241

Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1LR

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QUESTION 4

Where are the clusters of Skyscrapers?

	a.	Midtown and Lower Manhattan (Wall St.)
	b.	on the East and West Side of Manhattan
	c.	Queens and Brooklyn
	d.	on Staten Island

2. How old are some of the oldest rocks? What layer in NYC is oldest, google it! Or look at our Map from the Powerpoint

	a.	glacial rocks 20,00 yrs
	b.	Marble about 450 to 500
	c.	Manhattan Schist 450
	d.	Gneiss 1 billion yrs old

3. What park is Dr. Merguerian studying the rocks? Look on a map to find its location________ Where is it in Manhattan?_______________________________( again look on a map). First he is in a park named for Marble.

	a.	lower Manhattan, Fort George
	b.	,upper Manhattan, Inwood Park
	c.	Lower Manhattan, Battery
	d.	Midtown, Central Park

Why is the bedrock deep in some parts of Manhattan?

	a.	it is heavier and sank
	b.	It is fractured into a shattered valley of rubble
	c.	it is folded down into a deep valley filled with glacial debris
	d.	It is filled with Kyanite