Animals
Plants
Landmarks
Questions
Indian Tribes
100

The most dangerous animal in North America

Grizzly bear

100

Most widespread cactus

Prickly pear

100

Oldest national park in the world

Yellowstone National Park

100

Which mountain range is the "backbone of North America"?

The Rockies

100

Early people from this group of tribes cut multi-room houses from solid rock

Pueblo

200

Member of the antelope family whose hooves have suction-like cups

Mountain goats

200

World's largest tree in volume

General Sherman

200

Most famous geyser in Yellowstone

Old Faithful

200

Where was the first volcanic eruption in the lower 48 states since 1917?

Mount St. Helens

200

Named for their curly hair

Shoshone

300

Wild sheep of North America

Bighorn
300

A bushy plant with a sweet smell and a bitter taste

Sagebrush

300

North America's continental divide

Great Divide

300

Name the mountain range extending from British Columbia to California whose many peaks are extinct volcanoes

Cascade Mountain Range

300

Famous as breeders of the appaloosa horse

Nez Perce

400

Most widely distributed carnivore in the New World

Mountain lion

400

Lives longer than any other tree in the world

Bristlecone pine

400

Largest high-altitude lake in North America

Yellowstone Lake
400

Name the highest peak in the Rockies

Mt. Elbert

400

Part of a group of tribes known as Flatheads

Salish

500

"fat little farmer of the mountains"

pika

500
Largest cactus; found only in the Sonoran Desert

Saguaro

500

Most famous hot springs in Yellowstone National Park

Mammoth Hot Springs

500

What is the longest mountain chain on earth?

Cordilleran chain

500

A small, isolated tribe living near the bottom of the Grand Canyon

Havasupai

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