MN Natural History
This body of water is the source of the Mississippi River.
What is Lake Itasca?
These two rivers make Iowa the only state bordered by parallel rivers.
What are the Mississippi River and the Missouri River?
This is what VISTA stands for.
What is Volunteers In Service To America?
1970 is the first year this annual event demonstrating support for environmental protection was held.
Earth Day
This winter Olympic sport involves sliding large stones towards a target.
What is curling?
This French word for "travelers" is the name of a Minnesota national park.
What is Voyageurs?
At 1,670 feet, this is Iowa’s highest point.
What is Hawkeye Point?
This is the year AmeriCorps was established.
1993
By mass, it's the most abundant element in the Earth's crust and in your body.
What is oxygen?
Surprisingly, the Earth is closest to the sun during this winter month.
What is January?
This lake is the largest lake entirely in the state of Minnesota
What is Red Lake?
Having no national parks itself, this is the nearest national park to Iowa.
What is Voyageurs National Park?
This law established a government benefit that the education was later modeled on.
What is the GI Bill?
The continent that contains 70% of Earth's freshwater resources.
Antarctica
A snowflake usually contains this many sides.
What is six?
This MN native rock is formed from calcium carbonate.
What is limestone?
Iowa’s Loess Hills are a rare geologic feature because the layers of loess are extraordinarily thick, as much as 200 feet in some places. This country is the only other location in the world where loess layers are as deep and extensive as Iowa’s Loess Hills.
What is China?
The year FDR established the CCC
1933
These waves, from Greek for "shake," that pass through the Earth's rocks are caused by earthquakes.
What are seismic waves?
Besides Earth, this is the only other planet in the Solar System where scientists have observed snow falling.
What is Mars?
Minnesota produces 70 percent of this mineral in the United States
What is iron ore?
These are Iowa’s three geological areas.
What is the Young Drift Plains the Driftless Area, and the Dissected Till Plains?
This national park is where the Student Conservation Association first started (2 possible answers)
What is Grand Teton or Olympic National Park?
A plume of magma rising from the Earth's mantle can split a continental plate in two and form this type of valley.
What is a rift valley?
This is the snowiest city in Iowa.
What is Decorah?