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Shiva Temple (Grand Canyon) - Quiz
Shiva Temple Grand Canyon
  • 1. What is the elevation of Shiva Temple?
A) 8,000 feet
B) 7,646 feet
C) 5,200 feet
D) 2,331 feet
  • 2. In which county is Shiva Temple located?
A) Coconino County
B) Pima County
C) Maricopa County
D) Mohave County
  • 3. Who is responsible for naming Shiva Temple?
A) Clarence Dutton
B) The U.S. Board on Geographic Names
C) The American Museum of Natural History
D) Emery Kolb
  • 4. In what year was the name Shiva Temple officially adopted?
A) 1925
B) 1906
C) 1899
D) 1937
  • 5. What is the climate classification of Shiva Temple?
A) Tropical savanna
B) Humid continental
C) Cold semi-arid
D) Mediterranean
  • 6. Which institution led the 1937 exploration of Shiva Temple?
A) American Museum of Natural History
B) Arizona State University
C) Grand Canyon National Park Service
D) Smithsonian Institution
  • 7. What was the primary hypothesis of the 1937 expedition?
A) To discover gold deposits
B) To map the Colorado River
C) The buttes might have evolved new species
D) To find ancient dinosaur fossils
  • 8. What man-made object did the 1937 expedition find at the site?
A) A Kodak film box
B) A surveying tripod
C) A topographic map
D) A canteen
  • 9. Which geological layer forms the top of Shiva Temple?
A) Coconino Sandstone
B) Tonto Group
C) Kaibab Limestone
D) Redwall Limestone
  • 10. How long ago was the Coconino Sandstone deposited?
A) 100,000 years ago
B) 500 million years ago
C) 10 million years ago
D) 265 million years ago
  • 11. Which creeks receive the precipitation runoff from Shiva Temple?
A) Trinity and Crystal Creeks
B) Bright Angel and Hermit Creeks
C) Phantom and Pipe Creeks
D) Havasu and Mooney Creeks
  • 12. What type of forest covers the top of Shiva Temple?
A) Douglas Fir
B) Ponderosa Pine
C) Bristlecone Pine
D) Engelmann Spruce
  • 13. How far does Shiva Temple tower above the Colorado River?
A) 5,200 feet
B) 3,000 feet
C) 7,646 feet
D) 2,331 feet
  • 14. Who was one of the individuals who left the film box at the site?
A) Clarence Dutton
B) John Wesley Powell
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Emery Kolb
  • 15. Which deity is Shiva Temple named after?
A) Brahma
B) Vishnu
C) Ganesha
D) Shiva
  • 16. What was found at the site during the 1937 expedition?
A) New species of chipmunk
B) A hidden cave system
C) Ancestral Puebloan dwellings
D) Signs of recent volcanic activity
  • 17. What lies below the Coconino Sandstone layer?
A) Tonto Group
B) Kaibab Limestone
C) Redwall Limestone
D) Supai Group
  • 18. How far is Shiva Temple from Tiyo Point?
A) 2 miles
B) 6 miles
C) 10 miles
D) 2.5 miles
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