Animals
Plants
Science
Geography
Camping/Survival
100

This animal is on the California state flag

Grizzly bear

100

Name the California state flower

California Poppy

100

This term describes how water wears away rock over time

Erosion

100

Name the mountain range runs through Yosemite National Park

Sierra Nevada

100

The average human can survive for weeks without food, but only a few days without this

water

200

This cat, also called a Puma, is the largest native cat in California

mountain lion

200

This California tree species is the tallest tree on Earth

Redwood

200

The term for a type of species that reproduces quickly in its non-native habitat

invasive species

200

This California peak is the tallest point in the contiguous U.S.

Mount Whitney

200

This is the most important thing to do if you get lost in the woods

stay in one place

300

This creature is the most harmful predator both in California and wordwide

humans

300

The scientific term for how a plant converts sunlight to sugar

Photosynthesis

300

These high, wispy clouds are common in the skies above Yosemite

Cirrus

300

Name the California park that contains the lowest point in North America

Death Valley

300

These 3 things are often called the "pillars of survival"

Food, water, shelter

400

This bird is both a campground menace and an ecological threat, preying on marbled murrelets

Steller's Jay

400

The term for a plant that loses its leaves in fall

Deciduous

400

The term for an area of land where all the rain and runoff water flows to the same body of water

Watershed

400

The most common type of rock in Yosemite

Granite

400

This word can mean throwing a ball, or putting up a tent

Pitching

500

Declared extinct in the state in1920, this predator began returning to California in 2011, and now their population is growing

Gray wolves

500

This conifer is the most common tree in Yosemite, and is often confused with a redwood because of it's orange-hued bark

Ponderosa Pine

500

This underground, molten rock is only called lava once it breaks through the earth's surface

magma

500

This famous naturalist helped create Yosemite National Park, and has California's second-longest trail named after him 

John Muir

500

This medical emergency occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce it

hypothermia