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