Answer the following questions.  You may answer as many of these as you can while on the trip.

1.  The types of deposits seen here are are called what?  What is their source?
 

2.  What is the reason behind the different widths of the light and dark bands?
 
 

3.  The different colored bands correspond to deposition in different seasons.  Try to determine which bands correspond to what season and why.
 
 

4.  Could this pattern be seen in other materials?  eg. sands or gravels?  Why or why not?
 
 

Stop 2:

1.  Draw a sketch of Layer Cake Hill and Pinnacle Rock.  Label these rocks as volcanic with an age of about 50 million years.
 

2.  What forces could have caused the folding that you can see in the rocks of Layer Cake Hill and in the folded sandstone farther down-canyon?  Use diagrams in your answer showing direction of force etc.
 

3.  Describe some of the erosional features seen at this stop.
 

4.  Were you successful at gold-panning?  Describe the technique used in panning for gold and explain why it works.  (Hint: it involves relative density of materials).
 

5.  Why is the exposed part of the Rutland Aquifer an orange - red color?
 

Stop 3:

1.  Describe the rocks you see present here.  Classify them as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic.  Where do you think they formed?  These rocks are are probably about 2 billion years old yet they are at about the same elevation as the rocks from Layer Cake Hill which are about 50 million years old?  How can this be possible?
 

2.  Now, with your safety goggles on and your rock hammer, break a small piece of the rock off to expose a fresh surface.  Take your hand lens and try to identify some of the minerals present.  Based on the minerals you have identified, what do you think the parent rock was?
 

3.  What is an erratic?
 

Stop 4:

1.  Take a look at the fine sands and silts that are found in a long ridge here.  This is the beach of ancient glacial Lake Penticton.  Now look down towards present day Okangan Lake. Use topographic map 82 E/14 from the National Topographic Mapping System to determine how much higher Lake Penticton was than Lake Okanagan is today.
 
 

1.  What is the name for the loose rock accumulation at the base of the escarpment?

Stop 2:

1.  How do you think these large boulders of dacite became scattered throughout the forest below Mt. Boucherie?

2.  What causes columnar jointing to occur in some lavas?

Stop 3:

1.  Which layers prsent ae least reistant to erosion?

Stop 4:

1.  Why do you think this beach is named Hot Sands Beach while just around the corner some 500 meters away the beach is named Cold Sands Beach?

2.  What effect does the floating portion of the Okanagan Lake Bridge have on the waves on either side of it?

3.  Is towering cumulus cloud formation the result of a positive or a negative feedback mechanism?

1.  What sort of activities have been carried out as part of the mine decommissionong process at this site?

Stop 2:

1.  What are the principle ores of the Highland Valley Mine, and what are there concentrations?

2.  List some of the cutting edge technology used at this site.
 
 

1.  Hypothesize as to whether the Bonaparte River is effluent or influent.  Give reasons for your decision.

2.  What is the primary agent of erosion in this area?  What features does htis create here?

Stop 2:

1.  Take a look at the the road cut next to our stop; how can you tell that the deposits found here have been deposited by a glacier?

2.  Try to determine the rock type present just west of the deposits we just observed.  What evidence did you use to come to your conclusion?
 
 

1.  What is viticulture and how does knowledge of the local climate play into successful viticulture techniques?

2.  What is Xeriscape?

3.   By up to how much can Xeriscape techniques help reduce urban water use in the summer?

Stop 2:

1.  The terraces that you see both on this side and the other side of the lake were originally what feature?

Stop 3:

1.  Using your compass and protactor, determine the strike and dip of the rock unit containing the coal seams.

2.  What was your favorite wine at the winery?

1.  What are some of the benefits of using radio telescopes versus traditional optical telescopes?

2.  How sensitive are these devices?

3.  Describe one of the major projects currently underway at DRAO.

Stop 2:

1.  What are the benefits of using wind machines versus smudge pots?

Stop 3:

1.  This ecosystem is part of what desert system?

2.  How far south does it extend?

3.  How are the species found here related to the species found in the more southerly reaches of this desert?  How is that possible?

4. List some of the unique species that you may have observed on this night time tour.

Stargazing Party:

What constellations and planets were you able to observe this evening?

Stop 1:

1.  What causes the unique appearance of this lake?

2.  What is name given to this lake by the local natives?

Stop 2:

1.  Describe how the desert ecosystem appears different from the way it did last night.

 

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