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