A) 1972 B) 1951 C) 1964 D) 1985
A) President Richard Nixon B) President Gerald Ford C) President John F. Kennedy D) President Lyndon B. Johnson
A) The Snake River and the Rio Grande B) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River C) The Colorado River and the Green River D) The Arkansas River and the Platte River
A) Bates Wilson B) Edward Abbey C) Stewart Udall D) Frank Moss
A) Island in the Sky B) Confluence C) The Needles District D) Maze District
A) Mike Lee B) Frank Moss C) Mitt Romney D) Orrin Hatch
A) Four B) Five C) Six D) Three
A) Deserts and oases B) Mountains and glaciers C) Forests and lakes D) Canyons, mesas, and buttes
A) Bates Wilson B) Edward Abbey C) Frank Moss D) Stewart Udall
A) Salt Lake City, Utah B) Park City, Utah C) Moab, Utah D) Provo, Utah
A) A flight over the Confluence where the Colorado and Green rivers meet B) A meeting with Bates Wilson C) A visit to Arches National Monument D) A hike through the Maze District
A) The Maze District B) Island in the Sky C) Confluence D) Needles
A) Superintendent of Arches National Monument B) President C) Secretary of the Interior D) Senator
A) Pub. L. 90–100 B) Pub. L. 85–500 C) Pub. L. 88–590 D) Pub. L. 95–200
A) To satisfy both nature preservationists' and commercial developers' interests B) To establish a new state park C) To create a national monument D) To promote tourism in Utah
A) Confluence B) Island in the Sky C) Maze D) Needles
A) Since 1999 B) Since 2015 C) Since 2007 D) Since 2020
A) 750,000 B) 900,000 C) 911,594 D) 800,000
A) Green River Road B) Colorado River Road C) White Rim Road D) Maze Loop Road
A) 60 percent B) 50 percent C) 80 percent D) 76.7 percent
A) 20.7 percent B) 76.7 percent C) About 1.5 percent D) 10 percent
A) No large impoundment above, flow determined by snowmelt B) Managed water levels C) Consistent water flow D) Artificial rapids
A) Volcanic activity B) Graben geology C) Plateau formations D) Glacial valleys
A) Strict no-hunting policy B) Hunting allowed with permits C) No restrictions on hunting D) Regulated hunting season
A) Five B) Four C) Three D) Two
A) Pictograph Canyon B) Ancient Canyon C) Rocky Canyon D) Barrier Canyon
A) During the Late Archaic Period B) In the early 1800s C) After 1540 AD D) Before 2000 BC
A) Desert cottontails B) Bobcats C) Black bears D) Cougars
A) Exactly 200 species B) Over 300 species C) At least 273 species D) Less than 150 species
A) Snowy owl B) Barn owl C) Eurasian eagle-owl D) Great horned owl
A) Caecilian, African clawed frog, poison dart frog B) Axolotl, red-eyed tree frog, fire salamander C) Red-spotted toad, Woodhouse's toad, American bullfrog, northern leopard frog D) Giant salamander, hellbender, Japanese giant salamander
A) Peregrine falcon B) Northern harrier C) Swainson's hawk D) Red-tailed hawk
A) Cooper's hawk B) Stork C) Osprey D) Flamingo
A) Russian olive B) Utah juniper C) Palm trees D) Netleaf hackberry
A) Cold semi-arid climate (BSk) B) Humid continental climate C) Tropical rainforest climate D) Mediterranean climate
A) 20 inches (510 mm) B) 15 inches (380 mm) C) 5 inches (127 mm) D) Less than 10 inches (250 millimetres)
A) 35.4 °F B) 29.6 °F C) 32.9 °F D) 25.8 °F
A) 105 °F (41 °C) B) 95.4 °F (35.2 °C) C) 90.8 °F (32.7 °C) D) 107 °F (42 °C)
A) April 9, 1978 B) October 2006 C) September 17, 1999 D) January 16, 1971
A) 4.25 inches (108 mm) B) 11.19 inches (284 mm) C) 9.33 inches (237 mm) D) 8.49 inches (216 mm)
A) 2006 B) 1989 C) 1975 D) 1969
A) 39.3 inches (100 cm) B) 47.4 inches (120 cm) C) 14.4 inches (37 cm) D) 22.8 inches (58 cm)
A) Oak trees B) Fremont's cottonwood C) Tamarisk D) Pinyon pine
A) 200,000 acre⋅ft (246,000,000 m3) B) 400,000 acre⋅ft (493,000,000 m3) C) 300,000 acre⋅ft (370,000,000 m3) D) 250,000 acre⋅ft (308,000,000 m3)
A) $30,000 B) $40,000 C) $25,000 D) $35,000
A) $70,000 B) $50,000 C) $55,000 D) $61,000
A) Department of Agriculture B) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration C) Environmental Protection Agency D) US Geological Survey
A) Conserving biodiversity B) Expanding park boundaries C) Increasing visitor numbers D) Developing new facilities
A) Potential food shortages for wildlife B) Increased snowfall in winter C) Reduction in visitor numbers D) Expansion of aquatic habitats
A) Moenkopi Formation layers. B) Organ Rock Shale deposits. C) Thick evaporite deposits. D) Cedar Mesa Sandstone formations.
A) The Navajo Sandstone. B) The Wingate Sandstone. C) The Honaker Trail Formation. D) The Elephant Canyon Formation.
A) White Rim Sandstone. B) Canyonlands region uplift. C) The Laramide orogeny. D) Upheaval Dome, a salt dome.
A) River erosion. B) Tectonic plate movement. C) A meteorite impact. D) Volcanic activity.
A) The Moenkopi Formation. B) The Navajo Sandstone. C) The Halgaito Shale. D) The Wingate Sandstone.
A) The Cedar Mesa Sandstone. B) The Kayenta Formation. C) The Chinle Formation. D) The Cutler red beds.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Organ Rock Shale. C) The Cedar Mesa Sandstone. D) The White Rim Sandstone.
A) White Rim Sandstone. B) Cutler red beds. C) Organ Rock Shale. 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) Mud flats forming the Carmel Formation. C) Sand dunes that became the Wingate Sandstone. D) Coastal sand bars becoming the White Rim Sandstone.
A) The Carmel Formation. B) The Kayenta Formation. C) The Wingate Sandstone. D) The Navajo Sandstone.
A) The Navajo Sandstone. B) The Kayenta Formation. C) The Carmel Formation. D) The Wingate Sandstone.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Carmel Formation. C) The Entrada Sandstone. D) The Navajo Sandstone.
A) The retreat of the Permian sea. B) The formation of the Paradox Formation. C) The Laramide orogeny. D) The deposition of the Moenkopi Formation.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Grabens. C) The Chinle Formation. D) The White Rim Sandstone.
A) The Permian period. B) The Pennsylvanian period. C) The Triassic period. D) The Pleistocene ice ages. |