Question
What's Beneath Your Plane?
Is Shane Loeffler, a geology student at the University of Minnesota, was flying home fro
Aurope, he looked down at the landscape and began to wonder what he was flying over.
He realized that a plane flight would be a good opportunity for people to learn about the
geological features of the earth below them. As a result of this experience, with a grant
rom the National Science Foundation, he created a free app called Flyover Country. The
app provides users with information on natural formations, man-made features like dam
and even where fossils can be found. The features are pinpointed on a map that
corresponds to the landscape below the plane.
is the main idea of the passage?
hane Loemer's plane flight home from Europe led him to think about the
eological features of the land below him.
hane Loemier's experience in a plane led him to create an app that would
rovide information to flyers about the land below them.
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Answer
Shane Loeffler created a free app called Flyover Country that provides users with information on natural formations, man-made features, and fossils that can be found below the plane.