Strata Escape: Unlocking Rock Stratigraphy
You’re trapped in a virtual cave! Solve geology puzzles to escape.
Chamber 1: The Rock Type Vault
Identify the rock types to unlock a 3-digit code (based on example names).
1. What rock forms from cooled magma/lava?
2. What rock forms from compressed sediments?
3. What rock changes due to heat/pressure?
Chamber 2: The Cycle Chamber
Use the rock cycle to find a 4-letter code (first letters of processes).
1. Process turning rocks into metamorphic?
2. How do sedimentary rocks form from sediments?
3. What happens to melted rocks (magma)?
4. Process breaking rocks into sediments?
Chamber 3: The Stratigraphy Summit
Analyze a virtual stratigraphic column (Bottom: Sandstone, Shale, Fault, Granite intrusion, Top: Limestone). Enter a 5-digit code based on relative ages.
1. Per superposition, which layer is oldest?
2. Original Horizontality states layers are deposited…?
3. A fault cutting layers is…?
4. Granite intruding sandstone/shale is…?
5. Unconformity is…?