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Providence Canyon was created by years of ____________ in the early 1800s.
a) poor farming practices
b) water erosion from the Colorado River
c) lightening strikes
d) a tornado

Providence Canyon has over _________ miles of hiking trails.
a) 1
b) 10
c) 5
d) 50

The deepest canyons are more than _______ ft. deep
a) 100
b) 1
c) 150
d) 5

Providence Canyon's nickname is Georgia's _____________.
a) Little Key West
b) Little Rocky Mountains
c) Little Appalachian Trail
d) Little Grand Canyon

Providence Canyon is one of the places where the rare _______________ grows which is only found in southwestern Georgia and eastern Alabama.
a) Plumleaf Native Azalea
b) Whomping Willow
c) gillyweed
d) Venomous Tentacula

One of the attractions is an abandoned homestead that includes nearly a dozen rusty, 1950s-era _____.
a) brooms and mops
b) cars and trucks
c) peas and carrots
d) suits and dresses

The park lies on marine sediments, usually _______ or _______, with small areas of sand.
a) shells or sedimentary rock
b) igneous or metamorphic rock
c) loam or clay
d) magma or lava

________ different colors of sand can be found within the canyon.
a) 43
b) 112
c) 53
d) 2

The canyon consists of huge gullies sculpted of soil, not by the action of a river or stream but by ___________from farm fields.
a) irrigation pivots
b) rainwater runoff
c) Niagara Falls
d) snow and hail

One contributing factor to the formation of Providence Canyon was ___________ which led to soil erosion.
a) air pollution
b) wind
c) deforestation
d) deposition

Providence Canyon got its name from the ________ which originally stood on the land where the canyon now is.
a) the Providence Native American tribe
b) Providence Mansion
c) Providence Methodist Church
d) Providence Public Library

The upper layer of the canyon walls consists of very fine sand mixed with a white clay called ________.
a) claylite
b) dirt
c) mud
d) kaolin

Providence Canyon continues to further erode and change even today.
a) true
b) false
c) all of the the above
d) none of the above

The upper layer of the canyon walls consists of very fine sand mixed with a white clay called __________.
a) kaolin
b) humus
c) hummus
d) red clay

The Clayton formation, visible in the top part of the canyon walls, is a fairly coarse sand that is a reddish color caused by the presence of _________ that has been mined in the past.
a) silica
b) iron oxide/ iron ore
c) feldspar
d) mica

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