Test your knowledge of Indiana’s rocks, fossils, and geologic history.
Did you know that Indiana and the Central U.S. is number 3 for earthquake risk in the United States?
Visit https://igws.indiana.edu/earthquakes to learn about Indiana’s history of earthquakes, then name 1 thing you can do to prepare for an earthquake.
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Large sheets of ice, called glaciers, covered most of Indiana 2.6 million to 12,000 years ago. How many degrees cooler was the global climate during the last Ice Age?
Visit https://igws.indiana.edu/IGSMap/GlacialFeatures to find the answer!
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Indiana’s bedrock is made of up different sedimentary rocks that are between 500 and 250 million years old. One particular formation has been named the official State Stone of Indiana. What is it called?
Visit https://igws.indiana.edu/referencedocs/geonotes/ to find the answer.
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