A) Mormon scouts B) Union Pacific Railroad employees C) U.S. Army explorers D) Harold Bowman and his team
A) 1870s B) 1910s C) 1850s D) 1890s
A) J. W. Humphrey B) Ebenezer Bryce C) Stephen Mather D) U.S. Army Major John Wesley Powell
A) Promoting tourism B) Establishing a national park C) Building roads and canals D) Surveying the Colorado Plateaus
A) Utah State Grazing Association B) Bryce Family Ranch C) Kanarra Cattle Company D) Sevier River Livestock
A) J. W. Humphrey B) John Wesley Powell C) Ruby Syrett D) Ebenezer Bryce
A) "An ideal location for farming" B) "A helluva place to lose a cow" C) "The perfect spot for grazing" D) "A challenging area for settlement"
A) A schoolhouse B) A railway line C) A hotel D) A road and a canal
A) Following a government order B) Due to drought, overgrazing, and flooding C) To join another settlement D) Because of a gold rush elsewhere
A) 1880 B) 1900 C) 1873 D) 1895
A) U.S. Army explorers B) Harold Bowman C) Union Pacific and Santa Fe railroads D) Stephen Mather
A) Ruby Syrett B) Ebenezer Bryce C) The Perry brothers D) Forest Supervisor J. W. Humphrey
A) Stephen Mather and his team B) Ruby Syrett, Harold Bowman, and the Perry brothers C) U.S. Army explorers D) Union Pacific Railroad employees
A) Harold Bowman B) Ruby Syrett C) J. W. Humphrey D) Stephen Mather
A) 1931 B) 1923 C) 1928 D) 1916
A) The governor of Utah B) Stephen Mather C) Warren G. Harding D) J. W. Humphrey
A) In 1942 B) In 1931 C) From 1924 to 1925 D) In 1916
A) 1924 B) 1935 C) 1942 D) 1918
A) In 1942 B) February 25, 1928 C) In 1931 D) June 8, 1923
A) Calvin Coolidge B) Herbert Hoover C) Warren G. Harding D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
A) 635 acres (257 ha) B) 800 acres (324 ha) C) 500 acres (202 ha) D) 1000 acres (405 ha)
A) 25,000 acres (10,117 ha) B) 30,000 acres (12,140 ha) C) 35,835 acres (14,502 ha) D) 40,000 acres (16,187 ha)
A) 1916 B) 1935 C) 1942 D) 1923
A) Continental climate with warm, dry summers (Dsb) B) Mediterranean climate C) Desert climate D) Tropical rainforest climate
A) Below 71.6 °F (22 °C) B) Below 32 °F (0 °C) C) Above 50 °F (10 °C) D) Above 32 °F (0 °C)
A) 6a B) 5b C) 3b D) 4c
A) 98 °F (37 °C) in July 2002 B) 97 °F (36 °C) in June 1999 C) 100 °F (38 °C) in August 2010 D) 95 °F (35 °C) in July 2005
A) -28 °F (-33 °C) in December 1972 B) -35 °F (-37 °C) in December 1969 C) -25 °F (-32 °C) in February 1998 D) -30 °F (-34 °C) in January 1985
A) 20,000 years B) 15,000 years C) At least 10,000 years D) 5,000 years
A) Mississippian Culture B) Inuit C) Hohokam D) Basketmaker Anasazi
A) Navajo B) Sioux C) Apache D) Paiute Native Americans
A) "Red painted faces" B) "Stone guardians" C) "Sky watchers" D) "Mountain spirits"
A) A collection of giant natural amphitheaters B) A large river canyon C) Extensive sand dunes D) Vast lava fields
A) Canyons B) Volcanoes C) Glaciers D) Hoodoos
A) Almost 2.5 million visitors B) Over 10 million visitors C) Less than 1 million visitors D) Nearly 6 million visitors
A) 2000 plant species B) 1000 plant species C) 1500 plant species D) 500 plant species
A) Sunset Point B) Moonrise Point C) Starlight Point D) Rainbow Point
A) Yellow Creek B) Sunset Point C) Inspiration Point D) Rainbow Point
A) 1961 B) 1956 C) 1987 D) 2000
A) 1956 B) 1987 C) 2019 D) 2004
A) Dark Sky Park status B) Protected Wilderness Area status C) National Historic Landmark status D) World Heritage Site status
A) Wahweap formation uplift B) Colorado Plateaus uplift C) The Laramide orogeny D) Claron Formation erosion
A) Limonite B) Pyrolusite C) Dakota Sandstone D) Hematite (iron oxide; Fe2O3)
A) Tropic Shale B) Kaiparowits formation C) Dakota Sandstone D) Claron Formation
A) September 15, 1950 B) 2004 C) June 30, 1981 D) 1987
A) Dakota Sandstone B) Limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) C) Pyrolusite D) Hematite
A) Sand dunes B) Hoodoo pinnacles C) Badlands D) Monoliths
A) Four B) Two C) Three D) Five
A) Colorado pinyon forests B) Ponderosa pine forests C) Utah juniper forests D) Douglas fir forests
A) 100 B) 59 C) 45 D) 30
A) Peregrine falcons B) Bald eagles C) Hawks D) Golden eagles
A) Twenty B) Fifteen C) Five D) Eleven
A) Southwestern willow flycatcher B) California condor C) Utah prairie dog D) Great Basin rattlesnake
A) Frogs B) Newts C) Toads D) Tiger salamander
A) Rim Trail B) Bristlecone Loop C) Navajo Loop D) Mossy Cave
A) Tower Bridge B) Under-the-Rim Trail C) Peekaboo Loop D) Riggs Spring Loop Trail
A) 6.9 B) 5.3 C) 8.5 D) 7.4
A) North Campground, Loop A B) Sunset Campground C) Fairyland Point Campground D) Riggs Spring Campground
A) Riggs Spring Loop Trail B) Fairyland Point Trail C) Mossy Cave Trail D) Bristlecone Loop Trail
A) 3,500 B) 5,000 C) 10,000 D) 7,500 |