A) 1964 B) 1951 C) 1985 D) 1972
A) President Richard Nixon B) President Lyndon B. Johnson C) President John F. Kennedy D) President Gerald Ford
A) The Snake River and the Rio Grande B) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River C) The Arkansas River and the Platte River D) The Colorado River and the Green River
A) Frank Moss B) Edward Abbey C) Stewart Udall D) Bates Wilson
A) Confluence B) Island in the Sky C) The Needles District D) Maze District
A) Mike Lee B) Mitt Romney C) Frank Moss D) Orrin Hatch
A) Six B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Canyons, mesas, and buttes B) Mountains and glaciers C) Forests and lakes D) Deserts and oases
A) Edward Abbey B) Bates Wilson C) Stewart Udall D) Frank Moss
A) Provo, Utah B) Moab, Utah C) Park City, Utah D) Salt Lake City, Utah
A) A meeting with Bates Wilson B) A flight over the Confluence where the Colorado and Green rivers meet C) A visit to Arches National Monument D) A hike through the Maze District
A) Needles B) The Maze District C) Island in the Sky D) Confluence
A) Senator B) President C) Secretary of the Interior D) Superintendent of Arches National Monument
A) Pub. L. 95–200 B) Pub. L. 90–100 C) Pub. L. 85–500 D) Pub. L. 88–590
A) To satisfy both nature preservationists' and commercial developers' interests B) To create a national monument C) To promote tourism in Utah D) To establish a new state park
A) Maze B) Island in the Sky C) Confluence D) Needles
A) Since 2020 B) Since 1999 C) Since 2015 D) Since 2007
A) 800,000 B) 911,594 C) 900,000 D) 750,000
A) White Rim Road B) Maze Loop Road C) Green River Road D) Colorado River Road
A) 76.7 percent B) 50 percent C) 80 percent D) 60 percent
A) About 1.5 percent B) 20.7 percent C) 10 percent D) 76.7 percent
A) Artificial rapids B) Managed water levels C) Consistent water flow D) No large impoundment above, flow determined by snowmelt
A) Volcanic activity B) Glacial valleys C) Plateau formations D) Graben geology
A) Strict no-hunting policy B) Hunting allowed with permits C) No restrictions on hunting D) Regulated hunting season
A) Four B) Two C) Three D) Five
A) Pictograph Canyon B) Ancient Canyon C) Rocky Canyon D) Barrier Canyon
A) Before 2000 BC B) During the Late Archaic Period C) In the early 1800s D) After 1540 AD
A) Bobcats B) Black bears C) Desert cottontails D) Cougars
A) Exactly 200 species B) At least 273 species C) Less than 150 species D) Over 300 species
A) Great horned owl B) Eurasian eagle-owl C) Barn owl D) Snowy owl
A) Red-spotted toad, Woodhouse's toad, American bullfrog, northern leopard frog B) Giant salamander, hellbender, Japanese giant salamander C) Caecilian, African clawed frog, poison dart frog D) Axolotl, red-eyed tree frog, fire salamander
A) Northern harrier B) Red-tailed hawk C) Peregrine falcon D) Swainson's hawk
A) Flamingo B) Cooper's hawk C) Osprey D) Stork
A) Utah juniper B) Palm trees C) Netleaf hackberry D) Russian olive
A) Humid continental climate B) Tropical rainforest climate C) Mediterranean climate D) Cold semi-arid climate (BSk)
A) 5 inches (127 mm) B) 15 inches (380 mm) C) 20 inches (510 mm) D) Less than 10 inches (250 millimetres)
A) 25.8 °F B) 32.9 °F C) 29.6 °F D) 35.4 °F
A) 105 °F (41 °C) B) 95.4 °F (35.2 °C) C) 107 °F (42 °C) D) 90.8 °F (32.7 °C)
A) October 2006 B) April 9, 1978 C) September 17, 1999 D) January 16, 1971
A) 8.49 inches (216 mm) B) 9.33 inches (237 mm) C) 11.19 inches (284 mm) D) 4.25 inches (108 mm)
A) 1989 B) 1969 C) 1975 D) 2006
A) 47.4 inches (120 cm) B) 14.4 inches (37 cm) C) 39.3 inches (100 cm) D) 22.8 inches (58 cm)
A) Fremont's cottonwood B) Tamarisk C) Pinyon pine D) Oak trees
A) 250,000 acre⋅ft (308,000,000 m3) B) 300,000 acre⋅ft (370,000,000 m3) C) 400,000 acre⋅ft (493,000,000 m3) D) 200,000 acre⋅ft (246,000,000 m3)
A) $40,000 B) $35,000 C) $25,000 D) $30,000
A) $61,000 B) $70,000 C) $50,000 D) $55,000
A) US Geological Survey B) Environmental Protection Agency C) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration D) Department of Agriculture
A) Increasing visitor numbers B) Conserving biodiversity C) Developing new facilities D) Expanding park boundaries
A) Reduction in visitor numbers B) Potential food shortages for wildlife C) Increased snowfall in winter D) Expansion of aquatic habitats
A) Cedar Mesa Sandstone formations. B) Thick evaporite deposits. C) Organ Rock Shale deposits. D) Moenkopi Formation layers.
A) The Honaker Trail Formation. B) The Wingate Sandstone. C) The Navajo Sandstone. D) The Elephant Canyon Formation.
A) Upheaval Dome, a salt dome. B) The Laramide orogeny. C) Canyonlands region uplift. D) White Rim Sandstone.
A) Volcanic activity. B) River erosion. C) Tectonic plate movement. D) A meteorite impact.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Navajo Sandstone. C) The Halgaito Shale. D) The Moenkopi Formation.
A) The Cutler red beds. B) The Chinle Formation. C) The Kayenta Formation. D) The Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
A) The White Rim Sandstone. B) The Wingate Sandstone. C) The Organ Rock Shale. D) The Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
A) Organ Rock Shale. B) Cedar Mesa Sandstone. C) White Rim Sandstone. D) Cutler red beds.
A) The Chinle Formation. B) The Wingate Sandstone. C) The Moenkopi Formation. D) The Navajo Sandstone.
A) Sand dunes that became the Wingate Sandstone. B) Mud flats forming the Carmel Formation. C) Flood plains forming the Moenkopi Formation. D) Coastal sand bars becoming the White Rim Sandstone.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Kayenta Formation. C) The Carmel Formation. D) The Navajo Sandstone.
A) The Kayenta Formation. B) The Carmel Formation. C) The Navajo Sandstone. D) The Wingate Sandstone.
A) The Entrada Sandstone. B) The Navajo Sandstone. C) The Wingate Sandstone. D) The Carmel Formation.
A) The Laramide orogeny. B) The formation of the Paradox Formation. C) The deposition of the Moenkopi Formation. D) The retreat of the Permian sea.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Chinle Formation. C) The Grabens. D) The White Rim Sandstone.
A) The Pennsylvanian period. B) The Permian period. C) The Triassic period. D) The Pleistocene ice ages. |