Lassen Volcanic National Park - Test
  • 1. Which state routes provide access to Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) State Routes 38 and 49
B) State Routes 45 and 90
C) State Routes 36 and 88
D) State Routes 89 and 44
  • 2. Which direction does State Route 89 pass through Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) West–north
B) East–west
C) South–east
D) North–south
  • 3. Which state route begins at SR 36 and ends at SR 44 in the park?
A) SR 88
B) SR 89
C) SR 36
D) SR 44
  • 4. How many vehicle entrances are there to Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Six
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
  • 5. Which locations have unpaved roads entering the park in the south?
A) Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness
B) Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake
C) SR 36 and SR 44
D) Drakesbad and Juniper Lake
  • 6. Which lake has an unpaved road entering the park in the northeast?
A) Drakesbad
B) Willow Lake
C) Butte Lake
D) Juniper Lake
  • 7. What major trail leads into Lassen Volcanic National Park from the east?
A) The Pacific Crest Trail
B) The John Muir Trail
C) The Appalachian Trail
D) The Continental Divide Trail
  • 8. Which wilderness area leads into Lassen Volcanic National Park to the east?
A) Sierra Nevada Wilderness
B) Cascade-Siskiyou Wilderness
C) Caribou Wilderness
D) Ansel Adams Wilderness
  • 9. Which two smaller trails lead into the park from the south?
A) Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake
B) SR 36 and SR 44
C) Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness
D) Drakesbad and Juniper Lake
  • 10. During which season is the segment of SR 89 through the park typically closed?
A) Fall
B) Summer
C) Winter
D) Spring
  • 11. What causes the closure of SR 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in winter?
A) Wildfires
B) Flooding
C) Landslides
D) Very heavy snowfall and snowpack
  • 12. What is the dominant feature of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Mount St. Helens
B) Cinder Cone
C) Chaos Crags
D) Lassen Peak
  • 13. When were Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone first declared as U.S. National Monuments?
A) October 1972
B) May 1907
C) 1925
D) August 1916
  • 14. Who was Lassen Peak named after?
A) Benjamin F. Loomis
B) Nobles Emigrant
C) Peter Lassen, a Danish blacksmith
D) Theodore Roosevelt
  • 15. What was the last eruption date of Cinder Cone as determined by recent tree-ring analysis?
A) 1630
B) 1675
C) 1666
D) 1700
  • 16. What is the highest road in the Cascade Mountains found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) The Main Park Road near Lassen Peak
B) Interstate 5
C) Highway 44
D) State Route 89
  • 17. What percentage of the park's total area was burned at a high severity by the Dixie Fire?
A) 49%
B) 69%
C) 18%
D) 33%
  • 18. Which natural feature slowed the advance northward of the Dixie Fire within Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Manzanita Lake
B) Bumpass Hell
C) Devil's Kitchen
D) The 2012 Reading Fire footprint
  • 19. What was the name of the visitor center opened in 2008 at Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Manzanita Lake Center
B) Loomis Museum
C) Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
D) Chaos Crags Pavilion
  • 20. What year did the Dixie Fire enter Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) 2021
B) 2019
C) 2020
D) 2018
  • 21. Which area was designated as Lassen Volcanic Wilderness by the US Congress in 1972?
A) Cinder Cone only
B) Lassen Peak only
C) The entire park
D) A portion of Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • 22. What was the purpose of closing the visitor center and accommodations at Manzanita Lake in 1974?
A) Due to lack of visitors
B) Because of budget cuts
C) To prevent danger from a potential rockslide from Chaos Crags
D) For renovation purposes
  • 23. Which type of volcanic feature is not found at Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Cinder cone
B) Plug dome
C) Volcanic neck
D) Stratovolcano
  • 24. What was the primary reason for constructing the Main Park Road between 1925 and 1931?
A) To connect to Interstate highways
B) As part of a mining project
C) To provide access through the park shortly after Lassen Peak erupted
D) For a new ski resort
  • 25. What is one of the active volcanic features still present around Lassen Peak?
A) Sand dunes
B) Active lava flows
C) Glacial ice fields
D) Boiling mud pots
  • 26. What is the highest elevation reached by the Main Park Road in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) 7,000 ft (2,134 m)
B) 8,512 ft (2,594 m)
C) 6,500 ft (1,981 m)
D) 9,000 ft (2,743 m)
  • 27. What was the original name of Lassen Volcanic National Park before it became a national park?
A) Devil's Kitchen Area
B) Cinder Cone Monument
C) Chaos Crags Reserve
D) Lassen Peak Forest Preserve
  • 28. What was the main reason for the closure of Lassen Volcanic National Park during the Dixie Fire?
A) Because of a volcanic eruption
B) Due to flooding
C) For maintenance work
D) For safety due to fire
  • 29. What was demolished in 2005 near the southwest entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Bumpass Hell Pavilion
B) Manzanita Lake Store
C) Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
D) Lassen Chalet
  • 30. What type of rock composes Lassen Peak?
A) Granite
B) Basalt
C) Limestone
D) Dacite, an igneous rock
  • 31. Which volcano was once taller than Lassen Peak and formed a caldera?
A) Cinder Cone
B) Mount Tehama
C) Red Mountain
D) Brokeoff Mountain
  • 32. What is the estimated number of visitors per vehicle in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Two
B) Five
C) Three
D) Four
  • 33. Which area marks an old geothermal site near the center of Tehama's cone?
A) Little Hot Springs Valley
B) Diamond Point
C) Bumpass Hell
D) Sulphur Works
  • 34. Which area features hot spring areas like Boiling Springs Lake and Devils Kitchen?
A) Little Hot Springs Valley
B) Warner Valley
C) Bumpass Hell
D) Diamond Point
  • 35. Which part of the park features great lava pinnacles and steaming sulfur vents?
A) Warner Valley
B) The western part
C) The eastern part
D) Sulphur Works
  • 36. How many permanent snowfields does Lassen Peak have?
A) Eight
B) Twenty
C) Fourteen
D) Ten
  • 37. According to the Köppen climate classification system, what type of climate does Lassen Volcanic National Park have?
A) Tropical rainforest climate
B) Marine west coast climate
C) Desert climate
D) Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer Humid continental climate (Dsb)
  • 38. What is the Plant Hardiness zone at Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center?
A) 8a
B) 5a
C) 7b
D) 6b
  • 39. How much snowfall does the new visitor center near the southwest entrance receive annually?
A) Around 430 in (1,090 cm)
B) 700 in (1780 cm)
C) 250 in (635 cm)
D) 100 in (254 cm)
  • 40. What is the approximate snowfall at Lake Helen?
A) 800–900 in (2032–2286 cm)
B) 200–300 in (508–762 cm)
C) 400–500 in (1016–1270 cm)
D) 600–700 in (1,520–1,780 cm)
  • 41. What is the maximum average snow accumulation recorded at Lake Helen?
A) 100 in (254 cm)
B) 300 in (762 cm)
C) 250 in (635 cm)
D) 178 in (450 cm)
  • 42. Which potential vegetation type is found at Lassen Volcanic National Park according to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. Potential natural vegetation Types?
A) Red fir, Abies magnifica
B) Oak savanna
C) Prairie grassland
D) Chaparral
  • 43. Which ecoregion is Lassen Volcanic National Park located at the northern end of?
A) Great Basin Desert
B) Chinook Plains
C) North Cascades
D) Sierra Nevada forests
  • 44. Name a common wildflower found in the mixed-conifer forest of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
A) Sunflower
B) Daisy
C) Iris
D) Tulip
  • 45. Which plant is common in the red fir forest community?
A) Satin lupine
B) Daffodil
C) Lily
D) Rose bush
  • 46. Which species is listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973?
A) Clark's nutcrackers
B) Sierra Nevada red fox
C) Peregrine falcons
D) Bald eagles
  • 47. Which of these animals is known to inhabit the park's subalpine zones?
A) Gray-crowned rosy finches
B) Common snipe
C) American black bears
D) Pacific tree frogs
  • 48. Which amphibian species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Pacific tree frogs
B) California tortoiseshell butterflies
C) Rough-skinned newts
D) Common snipe
  • 49. Which native fish species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Brook trout
B) Golden shiners
C) Rainbow trout
D) Fathead minnows
  • 50. In what year was a wolf pack reported within Lassen Volcanic Park by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife?
A) 2019
B) 2011
C) 2024
D) 2015
  • 51. Which invasive fish species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Brook trout
B) Rainbow trout
C) Tui chubs
D) Lahontan redsides
  • 52. Which bird is attracted to areas like Reflection Lake within the park?
A) Bufflehead ducks
B) Northern goshawks
C) Song sparrows
D) Canada geese
  • 53. What geological formation is not exposed anywhere in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Eastern basalt flows
B) Tuscan Formation
C) Juniper lavas
D) Flatiron lava flows
  • 54. Which type of lava flow covered the southwestern part of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Twin Lakes lavas
B) Eastern basalt flows
C) Flatiron andesite lava flows
D) Juniper lavas
  • 55. What is the primary composition of Twin Lakes lava?
A) Black, porphyritic andesite with quartz xenocrysts
B) Rhyolitic lava
C) Basaltic flows
D) Dacite lava
  • 56. What type of micro-organisms are found in the hot springs and mud pots of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Bacteria
B) Extremophile micro-organisms
C) Fungi
D) Algae
  • 57. What geological feature formed as a result of Mount Tehama's eruption approximately 350,000 years ago?
A) Lassen Peak
B) Chaos Crags
C) Cinder Cone
D) A two-mile wide caldera
  • 58. What geological process helped to erode the older volcanoes in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Wind erosion
B) Volcanic eruptions
C) River erosion
D) Glaciers during glacial periods
  • 59. What is the approximate age of Lassen Peak's formation?
A) 350,000 years ago
B) 27,000 years ago
C) 18,000 years ago
D) 11,000 years ago
  • 60. What type of volcanic activity led to the formation of tephra cones in the northern area of the park?
A) Basaltic lava flows
B) Dacite lava dome growth
C) Pyroclastic eruptions
D) Glacial movements
  • 61. Which formation is characterized by abundant xenocrysts of quartz?
A) Eastern basalt flows
B) Twin Lakes lavas
C) Flatiron lavas
D) Juniper lavas
  • 62. What type of geological feature did the Eastern basalt flows form along the eastern boundary of the park?
A) Tephra cones
B) Dacite lava domes
C) Low hills that were later eroded into rugged terrain
D) A lava plateau
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