Plants, Animals & Water
In Mount Rainier National Park and other parks in the Pacific Northwest, fallen trees become ________, which settle into the forest floor and foster new life.
Nurse Logs
What sport attracts athletes from around the world to Joshua Tree National Park?
Rock Climbing
Granite is the most common type of rock in Yosemite, making up virtually all of the Park's iconic vistas. What kind of rock is granite?
Igneous
True or False: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are jointly administrated
True
From Grand Canyon village on the South Rim, about how far down is the floor of the Grand Canyon?
5,000 Feet
True or False: Joshua trees have growth rings that can determine their age.
False
About how many visitors go through Yosemite Valley on a busy weekend?
20,000
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks contain a significant streach of what mountain range?
The Sierra Nevadas
Yellowstone is the world's first national park. In what year was it dedicated?
1872
What kind of volcano is Haleakalā?
Shield
Yosemite Falls is not one continuous waterfall, but a series of how many interconnected falls?
Three
Feeling small among the giant sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks is a time-honored tradition. The parks include the largest living Sequoia, which was given what military-inspired nickname?
General Sherman
Piles of rounded boulders, some the height of buildings, lie scattered throughout Joshua Tree National Park. What rock makes up those iconic rock formations?
Granite
In 1918,Yosemite became the home of the first ________ in the National Park Service:
Female Park Ranger
Grand Canyon National Park includes both the South and North Rims of the canyon, but the South Rim is much more heavily visited. What percentage of visitors see the canyon only from the South side?
About 90%
Groups of giant Sequoia trees, like those protected by Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, are known as what?
Groves
The _________ Trail is possible the most iconic in Mount Rainier National Park. It is 93 miles long and fully encircles Mount Rainier.
Wonderland
Most of the developed areas of Yellowstone National Park sit within a _____________ the size of Rhode Island.
Volcanic Caldera
The geological forces on display at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are closely associated with what Hawaiian deity?
Pele
True or False: Most plants and animals that inhabit the Hawaiian Islands, including Hawaii Volcanos National Park, arrived with humans.
False
Yellowstone National Park is the only place in the United States where ______ have lived continuously since prehistoric times.
Bison
Yellowstone National Park's most famous geyser, Old Faithful, is named for the clock like regularity with which it erupts. About how often is that?
Every 60 to 110 minutes
In Mount Rainier National Park, debris flows that go beyond park boundaries are called lahars, which means "mudflow" in what language?
Indonesian
Utah has five national parks. In order of being designated, Zion was:
First
What river is responsible for carving most of the canyons in Zion National Park, including Zion Canyon?
The Virgin River