Paparoa National Park - Quiz
  • 1. In which year was Paparoa National Park established?
A) 1987
B) 1995
C) 2015
D) 1979
  • 2. How large is Paparoa National Park in square kilometers?
A) 430 km²
B) 170 km²
C) 130,000 hectares
D) 3,580 hectares
  • 3. Which of the following ranges is Paparoa National Park located near?
A) Kaikoura Ranges
B) Southern Alps
C) Paparoa Range
D) Tararua Ranges
  • 4. What type of geological area does the park protect?
A) Limestone karst area
B) Sedimentary basin
C) Granite plateau
D) Volcanic region
  • 5. Which cave is a commercial tourist attraction in Paparoa National Park?
A) Giant's Gate
B) Waitomo Caves
C) Metro Cave / Te Ananui Cave
D) Honeycomb Hill
  • 6. What tragic event occurred at the park in 1995?
A) Earthquake
B) Flood
C) Forest fire
D) Cave Creek disaster
  • 7. Which of New Zealand's Great Walks runs through Paparoa National Park?
A) Heaphy Track
B) Milford Track
C) Paparoa Track
D) Routeburn Track
  • 8. Which nearby settlement is known for the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes?
A) Punakaiki
B) Greymouth
C) Westport
D) Barrytown
  • 9. In which year was an area of land added to Paparoa National Park following the liquidation of Pike River Coal?
A) 1979
B) 2015
C) 1995
D) 1987
  • 10. Which two rivers mark the location boundaries of Paparoa National Park?
A) Buller River and Grey River
B) Wanganui River and Rangitata River
C) Tasman River and Whanganui River
D) Waikato River and Clutha River
  • 11. What is the name of the ecological area that was gazetted in 1979?
A) Kahurangi National Park
B) Pororari Ecological Area
C) Paparoa Wilderness Area
D) Westland Tai Poutini National Park
  • 12. Which organization helped propose a national park in the northern Paparoa Ranges?
A) New Zealand Tourism Board
B) West Coast Regional Council
C) Department of Conservation
D) Federated Mountain Clubs
  • 13. What type of vegetation primarily covers the majority of Paparoa National Park?
A) Forested
B) Desert
C) Grassland
D) Tundra
  • 14. Which fault is not part of the major geological structures in Paparoa National Park?
A) Paparoa Tectonic Zone
B) Hawera fault
C) Cape Foulwind fault
D) Hawke's Bay Fault
  • 15. Which river catchment area is not included in Paparoa National Park?
A) Pororari River
B) Fox River
C) Tasman River
D) Punakaiki River
  • 16. Which town lies near Paparoa National Park and is not adjacent to it?
A) Westport
B) Christchurch
C) Greymouth
D) Barrytown
  • 17. During which geological periods were the Paparoa mountains uplifted?
A) Devonian or Carboniferous
B) Triassic or Permian
C) Late Pliocene or early Quaternary
D) Jurassic or Cretaceous
  • 18. What is the height of Mt Lodge, the highest mountain in Paparoa National Park?
A) 1,200 metres (3,937 ft)
B) 1,500 metres (4,921 ft)
C) 1,600 metres (5,249 ft)
D) 1,447 metres (4,747 ft)
  • 19. Which mountains do the Paparoa rocks more closely resemble after being separated?
A) Southern Alps
B) Taupo Volcanic Zone
C) Fiordland
D) North Island Volcanic Plateau
  • 20. When did bush felling and drainage take place in the polje on Bullock Creek?
A) From the 1900s
B) From the 1870s
C) From the 1950s
D) From the 2000s
  • 21. What is the other large polje in New Zealand besides the one at Bullock Creek?
A) Lake Disappear in Waikato
B) Lake Rotorua
C) Lake Wanaka
D) Lake Taupo
  • 22. Which feature is the largest single feature in the karst region of Paparoa National Park?
A) The Fox Glacier
B) Mount Cook
C) Lake Manapouri
D) The Barrytown syncline
  • 23. What contributes to the acidity of the flowing water in Paparoa National Park?
A) Decaying vegetation from the forest
B) Industrial pollution
C) Chemical runoff
D) Volcanic ash
  • 24. Which seabird is considered rare and has a colony located on densely forested terraces just south of the Punakaiki River?
A) Killer whale.
B) New Zealand fur seal.
C) The Westland petrel (tāiko).
D) Hector's dolphin.
  • 25. What type of marine mammals can be observed close to shores with some of the highest population densities in Paparoa National Park?
A) Southern elephant seals.
B) Killer whales.
C) Hector's dolphins.
D) Leopard seals.
  • 26. Which area was proposed for addition to Schedule 4, including 240 hectares of Paparoa National Park?
A) Dolomite Point.
B) Cape Foulwind.
C) The Inangahua sector.
D) The northwest addition.
  • 27. What type of marine life has been observed in small numbers near Paparoa National Park?
A) Southern elephant seals.
B) Various species of whales.
C) New Zealand fur seals only.
D) Hector's dolphins exclusively.
  • 28. What decision was made by Solid Energy regarding the Pike River Mine in 2014?
A) The mine was reopened for tourism
B) A new memorial was constructed inside the mine
C) All miners' remains were recovered successfully
D) It was too risky to re-enter the mine to recover any remains
  • 29. Which of the following athletes is celebrated in The Paparoa event?
A) Michael Phelps
B) Serena Williams
C) Lindsey Vonn
D) Casey Brown
Created with That Quiz — the math test generation site with resources for other subject areas.