Mountains
True or false: the tallest mountain in the world is in Utah
False
What's the biggest lake in Utah?
The Great Salt Lake
True or False: The Provo River flows out of the Great Salt Lake
False
True or False: The Great Salt Lake is too salty for fish to live in.
True
True or False: Lake Bonneville is a good place to go boating or swimming in the summer.
False (it doesn't exist anymore)
How did Big Rock Candy Mountain get its name?
practical joke
Which lake has a legend about a monster that lives in it?
Bear Lake
Which 2 rivers flow into the Great Salt Lake?
Bear River and Jordan River
Name 2 forms of life that CAN live in the Great Salt Lake.
brine shrimp and brine flies
Which river flows down Weber Canyon just north of us and down the hill?
Weber River
Who was Mount Escalante named for?
Explorers Dominguez and Escalante
What giant lake used to cover most of Utah?
Lake Bonneville
Which river does the Green River flow into?
Colorado River
What is "sticky sand" formed from brine shrimp droppings called?
oolitic sand
Name the 2 major mountain ranges in Utah.
Wasatch and Uinta
What is found in the Wasatch Mountain Range?
Ski resorts (Alta, Snowbird, Powder Mountain, and others)
Name 2 of the 3 lakes that remain from Lake Bonneville.
Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, Sevier Lake
Canyon
What makes the Great Salt Lake smell like rotten eggs?
Which river carries the most water through Utah?
The Colorado River
What is the tallest mountain in Utah?
Kings Peak in the Unita Mountains 13,528 feet
Which Utah lake is man-made, has more shoreline than the entire USA, and is popular with boaters?
Lake Powell: 1,960 miles of shoreline
Where does the water from all the rivers in Utah eventually end up?
Pacific Ocean
If you jump in the Great Salt Lake, will you automatically float?
yes
How deep is most of the Great Salt Lake? (to the nearest foot)
14 feet