The grand canyon is an example of what happens when two tectonic plates scrape past each other.?

Question

is this statement true or false?

Answer 1

It's false because there is not a transform plate boundary there.  That area was subjected to regional uplift at some point in geologic history, and the Colorado River has eroded its path through it, forming the Grand Canyon.

Answer 2

False.

The grand canyon is actually the work of erosion. The colorado river eroded the banks of the canyon over millions of years. Lake tanganyka in Africa is an example of a lake formed along a plate boundry.

Answer 3

that isn't how the grand canyon was formed ! so false

Answer 4

this statement is fales

the grand canyon was formed by the Colorado river as it eroded it's way through the many layers of sandstone over a hundred thousand years ago.

Answer 5

FALSE, THE GRAND CANYON IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WATER EROSION.