Indiana Dunes National Park - Quiz
Indiana Dunes National Park
  • 1. Which ecoregion is Indiana Dunes National Park located in?
A) Tropical rainforest
B) Temperate coniferous forest
C) Desert
D) Central forest-grasslands transition
  • 2. What potential vegetation type is associated with Indiana Dunes National Park according to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. Potential natural vegetation Types?
A) Tropical Rainforest (75)
B) Savanna (30)
C) Pine/Spruce (50)
D) Oak/Hickory (100)
  • 3. Which of the following is a federally listed threatened or endangered plant species found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Rose
B) Tulip
C) Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
D) Daisy
  • 4. Which animal is a federally threatened species found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Grizzly bear
B) Bald eagle
C) Gray wolf
D) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
  • 5. How many bird species have been observed by the Indiana Audubon in or migrating through Indiana Dunes as of 2023?
A) 500
B) Nearly 370
C) 100
D) 250
  • 6. Which two species began returning to Indiana Dunes National Park in 2011 and 2018 respectively?
A) Grizzly bear and gray wolf
B) North American river otter and bobcat
C) Bald eagle and red fox
D) Piping plover and rufa Red knot
  • 7. What type of forest is Indiana Dunes National Park's potential vegetation form?
A) Savanna
B) Eastern Hardwood forest (Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest)
C) Boreal forest
D) Tropical rainforest
  • 8. Which of the following is a state threatened or endangered plant species in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Rosemary
B) White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
C) Lily
D) Sunflower
  • 9. Which of the following is a federally endangered bird species found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
B) Sparrow
C) Eagle
D) Robin
  • 10. What is the estimated population range for each plant group of rare species in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 100–120 individual plants
B) 10-20 individual plants
C) 500-600 individual plants
D) 200-300 individual plants
  • 11. Which of the following is a common summer flowering plant in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Tulip
B) Goldenrod (11 varieties)
C) Rose
D) Daisy
  • 12. How many species of vascular plants does Indiana Dunes National Park have, ranking it among the units of the National Park System?
A) 500 species
B) 2,000 species
C) More than 1,400 species
D) 800 species
  • 13. Which federally threatened reptile is found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Green sea turtle
B) American alligator
C) Eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
D) Komodo dragon
  • 14. Which of the following mammals is known to inhabit Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Elephant
B) Kangaroo
C) Panda
D) White-tailed deer
  • 15. What type of habitat does Indiana Dunes National Park provide for the bald eagle?
A) Suitable habitat
B) Unsuitable habitat
C) Limited habitat
D) No habitat
  • 16. According to the Köppen climate classification system, what type of climate does Indiana Dunes National Park have?
A) Tropical rainforest climate
B) Hot summer Humid continental climate (Dfa)
C) Mediterranean climate
D) Desert climate
  • 17. What is the plant hardiness zone at Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 6a
B) 4c
C) 7a
D) 5b
  • 18. What is the average annual extreme minimum temperature at Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) -20.0 °F (-29.0 °C)
B) 15.0 °F (-9.4 °C)
C) -9.4 °F (-23.0 °C)
D) 32.0 °F (0.0 °C)
  • 19. What weather-related condition during winter can pose a threat to visitors at Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Blizzards
B) Heatwaves
C) Shelf ice
D) Tornadoes
  • 20. What is shelf ice and why can it be dangerous?
A) Ice pushed from Lake Michigan onto beaches that can build into ridges with air pockets, making walking hazardous.
B) Frozen rain forming on trees
C) A type of snowfall unique to the region
D) Thin ice covering small ponds
  • 21. During which period was the Lake Michigan Basin formed?
A) Holocene Epoch
B) Pleistocene Epoch
C) Cretaceous Period
D) Wisconsin Glacial Period
  • 22. What is the dominant geologic form that created the landscape of Indiana Dunes?
A) Tinley Moraine
B) Valparaiso Moraine
C) Lake Border Moraine
D) Calumet Shoreline
  • 23. How many major glacial lake periods created the Indiana Dunes?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 24. Name one of the four major glacial lakes that contributed to the formation of the Indiana Dunes.
A) Lake Huron
B) Glacial Lake Chicago
C) Lake Erie
D) Lake Superior
  • 25. What natural process transports sand southward along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan?
A) Wind deposition
B) River erosion
C) Glacial movement
D) Longshore drift
  • 26. What forms when littoral currents encounter streams bringing water from inland along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan?
A) Cliffs
B) Volcanic islands
C) Sandbars pointing down current
D) Canyons
  • 27. What is the oldest visible shoreline of Lake Michigan in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Glenwood Shoreline
B) Valparaiso Shoreline
C) Tolleston Shoreline
D) Calumet Shoreline
  • 28. What geographical feature forms the western border to the dunes in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Lake Michigan
B) Indiana River
C) Wolf Lake
D) Little Calumet River
  • 29. Who signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 that included the redesignation?
A) President Donald Trump
B) Deputy Director Paul Daniel Smith
C) Representative Pete Visclosky
D) Senator Todd Young
  • 30. Which creek is a northwards-flowing stream that drains into Lake Michigan?
A) Dunes Creek
B) Salt Creek
C) Trail Creek
D) East Arm Little Calumet River
  • 31. Into which waterway does the East Arm Little Calumet River get diverted before reaching Lake Michigan?
A) Trail Creek
B) Dunes Creek
C) Port of Indiana-Burns Waterway
D) Salt Creek
  • 32. Which creek begins south of Valparaiso, Indiana and flows north to join the East Arm Little Calumet River?
A) Dunes Creek
B) East Arm Little Calumet River
C) Salt Creek
D) Trail Creek
  • 33. In what year was Indiana Dunes National Park authorized by Congress?
A) 2000
B) 1985
C) 2019
D) 1966
  • 34. When was the park redesignated as a national park?
A) July 4, 2017
B) December 31, 2020
C) February 15, 2019
D) January 1, 2018
  • 35. What industrial facility is located on the western edge of the eastern area of the park?
A) General Motors assembly line
B) Ford Motor Company factory
C) Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant
D) Nucor Steel mill
  • 36. What is located to the west of the Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant?
A) North Beach
B) West Beach
C) South Beach
D) East Beach
  • 37. What is the southern boundary of the western area of Indiana Dunes National Park along Lake Michigan?
A) I-90
B) U.S. 12
C) I-65
D) I-80
  • 38. Which county is home to Pinhook Bog, an outlying area of the park?
A) Lake County
B) St. Joseph County
C) Porter County
D) LaPorte County
  • 39. Which preserve is located in Lake County?
A) Heron Rookery
B) Pinhook Bog
C) Cleveland-Cliffs Nature Reserve
D) Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve
  • 40. What was the earliest recorded name of a settler in Indiana Dunes?
A) John Smith
B) Lewis Cass
C) William Henry Harrison
D) Joseph Bailly
  • 41. Which century saw the return of native villages in the dunes area?
A) 20th century
B) 19th century
C) 17th century
D) 18th century
  • 42. Who published an article on the unique flora of the dunes in the Botanical Gazette?
A) Dorothy Richardson Buell
B) Stephen Mather
C) Henry Chandler Cowles
D) Paul H. Douglas
  • 43. In what year did Stephen Mather hold hearings on a 'Sand Dunes National Park'?
A) 1899
B) 1926
C) 1966
D) 1916
  • 44. What was the sand from the Hoosier Slide used for?
A) Building construction
B) Glass manufacture
C) Agricultural fertilizer
D) Road paving
  • 45. What is the name of the well-known canning jars produced using Hoosier Slide sand?
A) 'Lake Shore Red' bottles
B) 'Ball Blue' canning jars
C) 'Hemingray Blue' insulators
D) 'Dunes Green' containers
  • 46. When did Indiana Dunes State Park open?
A) 1916
B) 1899
C) 1926
D) 1966
  • 47. Who led the Congressional effort to save the dunes?
A) Stephen Mather
B) Hazel Hannell
C) Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas
D) Dorothy Richardson Buell
  • 48. How many invasive plant species are there in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 25
B) 100
C) 75
D) 54
  • 49. In which month and year was a rare Arctic three-toed woodpecker captured near Dune Park Station?
A) June 1921
B) April 1920
C) October 1920
D) May 1919
  • 50. What was one Arctic three-toed woodpecker doing when it was captured?
A) Building a nest
B) Eating seeds
C) Flying from tree to tree
D) Digging out grubs
  • 51. In which month and year was a clay-colored sparrow found near Dune Park?
A) June 1918
B) October 1920
C) April 1917
D) May 1919
  • 52. What type of birds was the clay-colored sparrow migrating with?
A) Arctic three-toed woodpeckers
B) Harris's sparrows
C) Red-tailed hawks
D) Clay-colored finches
  • 53. How many students participated in BioBlitz 2009?
A) 500
B) 5,000
C) 20,000
D) 2,000
  • 54. Who stated that 890 species had been inventoried during BioBlitz 2009?
A) Indiana Department of Natural Resources representative
B) John Francis
C) The National Park Service director
D) A volunteer participant
  • 55. Which organization owns the southern half of Calumet Prairie?
A) Private landowners
B) Indiana Department of Natural Resources
C) The National Park Service
D) Local government
  • 56. What is one method used in the restoration of the Great Marsh?
A) Plugging culverts
B) Introducing non-native plants
C) Draining additional areas
D) Building new ditches
  • 57. What is no longer a feature of the Heron Rookery?
A) Access from County Road 600 East
B) Wildflowers in spring
C) Great blue heron nests
D) Hardwood forest
  • 58. What trail provides access to an overlook on Lake George?
A) The Hobart Woodland trail
B) The Cowles Bog Walk
C) The Heron Rookery Pathway
D) The Great Marsh Trail
  • 59. How long is the Oak Savannah rail trail?
A) 9 miles (14 km)
B) 3 miles (4.8 km)
C) 12 miles (19 km)
D) 5 miles (8 km)
  • 60. How many acres does Hoosier Prairie cover?
A) 300 acres
B) 430 acres
C) 500 acres
D) 170 hectares
  • 61. What is typically found in the swales of Miller Woods?
A) Deserts
B) Forests
C) Ponds or marshes
D) Grasslands
  • 62. What does 'mno' mean in the name Mnoké Prairie?
A) Sky
B) Water
C) Earth
D) Good
  • 63. How is 'ké' pronounced in Mnoké Prairie's name?
A) Like the word 'cat' without the 't'
B) Like the word 'cake'
C) Like the word 'car'
D) Like the word 'key'
  • 64. Where is the Mnoké Prairie parking lot located?
A) On Lake Street
B) Near Griffith, Indiana
C) On Beam Street
D) At Miller Beach
  • 65. What is the height of Mount Baldy?
A) 200 feet (60 m)
B) 150 feet (45 m)
C) 100 feet (30 m)
D) 123 feet (37 m)
  • 66. What is Mount Baldy commonly referred to as due to its movement?
A) "Eternal dune"
B) "Frozen dune"
C) "Living dune"
D) "Static dune"
  • 67. How can visitors access Pinhook Bog?
A) Through ranger-led guided tours
B) By hiking alone
C) Via self-guided trails
D) On a bicycle tour
  • 68. In what year was the Bailly Homestead established?
A) 1835
B) 1800
C) 1850
D) 1822
  • 69. When was the Bailly Homestead designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark?
A) 1975
B) 1950
C) 1962
D) 1980
  • 70. When was Rose Howe buried in the Bailly Cemetery?
A) 1920
B) 1916
C) 1917
D) 1914
  • 71. In which year was the Century of Progress Architectural District listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1977
B) 1933
C) The text does not specify the exact year.
D) 1941
  • 72. How many buildings are in the Century of Progress Architectural District?
A) Three
B) Ten
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 73. In what year was the Good Fellow Club Youth Camp established?
A) 1941
B) 1933
C) 1950
D) 1977
  • 74. Until which year did the Good Fellow Club Youth Camp serve children from Gary?
A) 1980
B) 1965
C) 1945
D) 1977
  • 75. Where was the main lodge located at the Good Fellow Club Youth Camp?
A) Atop a rise
B) Next to the tent cabins
C) By the lake shore
D) Near the entrance of the camp
  • 76. What is unique about the Singing Sands in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) They change color with the seasons.
B) They are completely silent.
C) They emit a bright glow at night.
D) They are noted for their distinctive sound when walked upon.
  • 77. When was the Lake Michigan Water Trail designated a National Recreation Trail?
A) 2007
B) 2019
C) 2015
D) 2011
  • 78. In which year did the Porter Brickyard Trail open?
A) 2015
B) 2009
C) 2017
D) 2012
  • 79. Where do children meet with a ranger for Kids' Fun at the Visitor Center?
A) Miller Woods
B) Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center
C) Paul H. Douglas Center
D) South Shore Line
  • 80. When is Kids' Fun at the Visitor Center held?
A) Every Sunday afternoon
B) On select Saturdays
C) Every weekday morning
D) During spring and fall only
  • 81. Who is an artist associated with the Indiana Dunes?
A) George Cressey
B) Edwin Way Teale
C) Lee Botts
D) Frank V. Dudley
  • 82. Which landscape architect is linked to the Indiana Dunes?
A) Jens Jensen
B) George Cressey
C) Frank V. Dudley
D) May Theilgaard Watts
  • 83. Who wrote a doctoral dissertation on the 'A Study of Indiana Sand Dunes'?
A) George Cressey
B) Jens Jensen
C) Frank V. Dudley
D) Edwin Way Teale
  • 84. Who is known as 'Diana of the Dunes'?
A) May Theilgaard Watts
B) Alice Gray
C) Frank V. Dudley
D) Edwin Way Teale
  • 85. Which naturalist is associated with Indiana Dunes?
A) Jens Jensen
B) George Cressey
C) Alice Gray
D) Edwin Way Teale
  • 86. Who is recognized for their efforts in preservation at the Indiana Dunes?
A) Frank V. Dudley
B) Lee Botts
C) May Theilgaard Watts
D) Jens Jensen
  • 87. What type of organization is the DNPA?
A) Educational institution
B) Nonprofit
C) Private corporation
D) Governmental
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