Climate
Living Organisms
History
Geography
Facts
100
The average amount of precipitation the park receives.
What is 30 inches?
100
The animal that once roamed the prairie at the preserve.
What is a buffalo?
100
The date the park was established.
What is November 12, 1996?
100
The amount of acre land at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
What is 10,894 acres?
100
The number of visitors (as of 2005).
What is 17,615 visitors?
200
The high summer temperatures in the preserve.
What is 80-100 degrees Fahrenheit?
200
The length that grass can grow up to.
What is 6 ft.?
200
The amount of money Stephen F. Jones spent to purchase 1,409 acres.
What is $4,001?
200
The letter from the alphabet that the preserve is shaped like (by looking at a map).
What is an "L"?
200
The number of acres that were donated by the National Park Trust to the National Park Service.
What is 32 acres?
300
The low winter temperatures in the preserve.
What is 10-20 degrees Fahrenheit?
300
The most important animal at the preserve
What is a horse?
300
The organization who purchased the property on June 1994.
What is the National Park Trust (NPT)?
300
The closest city to the preserve.
What is Emporia, Kansas?
300
The date when the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was named one of the eight Wonders of Kansas
What is January 29, 2008?
400
A common form of precipitation that happens during a summer storm.
What is hail?
400
One of the two types of deer at the preserve'.
What is a white-tailed deer?
400
The year when the majority of the preserve was sold to the Nature Conservancy.
What is 2005?
400
The percent of acres that remain, mostly in the Kansas Flint Hills.
What is 4% of the acres?
400
The animals that were introduced to the preserve in 2009.
What is a small herd of bison?
500
The time period when the Cottonwood River would freeze solid.
What is the 1800's?
500
The types of grasses at the preserve.
What is big bluestem, indian grass, little bluestem, and switch grass?
500
The man who resided in Kansas City and was involved in national politics.
Who is George Davis?
500
The region where the preserve is located.
What is the Flint Hills region?
500
The governing body of the preserve.
What is National Park Service?
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