A) Great Plains grasslands B) Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology C) Rocky Mountain ecosystems D) Appalachian forests
A) Mississippi River B) Red River C) Rio Grande/Río Bravo D) Colorado River
A) Sierra Nevada B) Rocky Mountains C) Chisos Mountains D) Appalachian Mountains
A) 6,500 feet (1,981 m) B) 8,500 feet (2,591 m) C) 7,832 feet (2,387 m) D) 5,000 feet (1,524 m)
A) Hot arid (BWh) B) Oceanic C) Mediterranean D) Humid subtropical
A) Chisos oak (Quercus graciliformis) B) Redwood C) Douglas fir D) Ponderosa pine
A) Chisos Indians B) Pueblo C) Apache D) Navajo
A) They were allies of the Spanish settlers. B) They established trade routes through the park. C) They began invading the region around the early 18th century. D) They lived peacefully with the Chisos Indians.
A) To protect the northern frontier of New Spain B) To explore new territories for settlement C) To establish trade with Native American tribes D) To promote agricultural development
A) Native American warriors B) African American soldiers C) Mexican cavalry units D) Spanish conquistadors
A) A border skirmish near Presidio B) A raid on Glenn Springs C) An attack on Fort Davis D) A mining dispute at Terlingua
A) Santa Elena B) Grand Canyon C) Boquillas D) Mariscal
A) Petrified wood B) Sea fossils and dinosaur bones C) Mammoth tusks D) Ice age mammals
A) Baja California and Baja California Sur B) Chihuahua and Coahuila C) Nayarit and Jalisco D) Sonora and Sinaloa
A) 750,000 acres (3,037.5 km²) B) 900,000 acres (3,645.8 km²) C) 500,000 acres (2,023.5 km²) D) 801,163 acres (3,242.2 km²)
A) Treaty of Paris B) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo C) Treaty of Versailles D) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
A) 1935 B) 1933 C) 1944 D) 1949
A) 377,154 B) 400,000 C) 300,000 D) 450,000
A) Paleozoic Marathon event B) Marathon orogeny C) Laramide orogeny D) Chihuahua trough event
A) Laramide orogeny effects B) Marathon orogeny effects C) Cretaceous rifting D) Chihuahua trough formation
A) Paleozoic B) Middle Cenozoic C) Late Cretaceous D) Neogene to Quaternary
A) Lindsey Graham B) John Cornyn C) Marco Rubio D) Ted Cruz
A) Big Bend National Park B) Rio Grande State Park C) Texas Canyons State Park D) Chisos Mountains State Park
A) Cretaceous rifting B) Neogene to Quaternary C) Marathon orogeny D) Laramide orogeny
A) Marathon orogeny effects B) Laramide orogeny uplifts C) Cretaceous rifting D) East-west striking normal faulting
A) Maritime fishing lifestyle B) Agricultural farming lifestyle C) Nomadic, hunting-and-gathering lifestyle D) Sedentary trading lifestyle
A) Over 2,000 species B) About 500 species C) Less than 800 species D) More than 1,200 species
A) A reptile B) An insect C) A mammal D) A bird species (Geococcyx californianus)
A) Over 300 sightings B) About 150 sightings C) Exactly 100 sightings D) Less than 50 sightings
A) Only cacti bloom B) Most plants remain dormant C) No significant changes occur D) Wildflowers are in full bloom, including bluebonnets
A) Colima warbler B) Northern tufted flycatcher C) Barnum Brown's finch D) Roland Bird's sparrow
A) Mid-April B) Late May C) Early March D) Early June
A) November 1991 B) September 1978 C) June 1985 D) April 2000
A) Johan Udden B) Roland 'R.T.' Bird C) The Works Progress Administration D) Barnum Brown
A) Alamosaurus, a giant sauropod B) Triceratops C) Tyrannosaurus rex D) Velociraptor
A) 1957 B) 1941 C) 1990 D) 2017
A) A small rodent from the Pleistocene B) An early bird species C) A marine reptile D) A large hippo-like animal that lived during the Eocene
A) After 66 million years ago B) 83-72 million years ago C) 72–67 million years ago D) 67–66 million years ago
A) Quetzalcoatlus B) Pteranodon C) Dimorphodon D) Rhamphorhynchus
A) The Triassic-Jurassic extinction event B) The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event C) The Permian-Triassic extinction event D) The Jurassic-Cretaceous transition
A) Chimneys Trail B) Marufo Vega trail C) Outer Mountain Loop trail D) South Rim trail
A) 50 miles B) 200 miles C) 118 miles D) 75 miles
A) April 2013 B) 2002 C) September 11, 2001 D) June 2009
A) 28 miles B) 23 miles C) 30 miles D) 21 miles
A) 1996 B) 2012 C) 2018 D) 2005
A) Platinum Tier B) Silver Tier C) Bronze Tier D) Gold Tier
A) Big Bend National Park headquarters B) Panther Junction area C) Terlingua D) Alpine
A) 1985 B) 1996 C) 2000 D) 2010 |