A) Appalachian forests B) Rocky Mountain ecosystems C) Great Plains grasslands D) Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology
A) Rio Grande/Río Bravo B) Colorado River C) Red River D) Mississippi River
A) Appalachian Mountains B) Sierra Nevada C) Rocky Mountains D) Chisos Mountains
A) 6,500 feet (1,981 m) B) 7,832 feet (2,387 m) C) 5,000 feet (1,524 m) D) 8,500 feet (2,591 m)
A) Hot arid (BWh) B) Mediterranean C) Humid subtropical D) Oceanic
A) Ponderosa pine B) Chisos oak (Quercus graciliformis) C) Redwood D) Douglas fir
A) Pueblo B) Chisos Indians C) Navajo D) Apache
A) They began invading the region around the early 18th century. B) They were allies of the Spanish settlers. C) They lived peacefully with the Chisos Indians. D) They established trade routes through the park.
A) To establish trade with Native American tribes B) To protect the northern frontier of New Spain C) To explore new territories for settlement D) To promote agricultural development
A) African American soldiers B) Spanish conquistadors C) Native American warriors D) Mexican cavalry units
A) A mining dispute at Terlingua B) An attack on Fort Davis C) A border skirmish near Presidio D) A raid on Glenn Springs
A) Boquillas B) Mariscal C) Grand Canyon D) Santa Elena
A) Sea fossils and dinosaur bones B) Ice age mammals C) Mammoth tusks D) Petrified wood
A) Nayarit and Jalisco B) Chihuahua and Coahuila C) Sonora and Sinaloa D) Baja California and Baja California Sur
A) 750,000 acres (3,037.5 km²) B) 500,000 acres (2,023.5 km²) C) 900,000 acres (3,645.8 km²) D) 801,163 acres (3,242.2 km²)
A) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo B) Treaty of Paris C) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) D) Treaty of Versailles
A) 1949 B) 1935 C) 1944 D) 1933
A) 400,000 B) 450,000 C) 377,154 D) 300,000
A) Marathon orogeny B) Laramide orogeny C) Paleozoic Marathon event D) Chihuahua trough event
A) Laramide orogeny effects B) Chihuahua trough formation C) Marathon orogeny effects D) Cretaceous rifting
A) Late Cretaceous B) Paleozoic C) Middle Cenozoic D) Neogene to Quaternary
A) Lindsey Graham B) John Cornyn C) Marco Rubio D) Ted Cruz
A) Rio Grande State Park B) Texas Canyons State Park C) Big Bend National Park D) Chisos Mountains State Park
A) Neogene to Quaternary B) Marathon orogeny C) Laramide orogeny D) Cretaceous rifting
A) Marathon orogeny effects B) Cretaceous rifting C) Laramide orogeny uplifts D) East-west striking normal faulting
A) Nomadic, hunting-and-gathering lifestyle B) Maritime fishing lifestyle C) Agricultural farming lifestyle D) Sedentary trading lifestyle
A) Over 2,000 species B) More than 1,200 species C) Less than 800 species D) About 500 species
A) A reptile B) An insect C) A bird species (Geococcyx californianus) D) A mammal
A) Less than 50 sightings B) Exactly 100 sightings C) Over 300 sightings D) About 150 sightings
A) Wildflowers are in full bloom, including bluebonnets B) Only cacti bloom C) No significant changes occur D) Most plants remain dormant
A) Northern tufted flycatcher B) Barnum Brown's finch C) Roland Bird's sparrow D) Colima warbler
A) Early March B) Early June C) Mid-April D) Late May
A) April 2000 B) September 1978 C) November 1991 D) June 1985
A) Barnum Brown B) Roland 'R.T.' Bird C) The Works Progress Administration D) Johan Udden
A) Alamosaurus, a giant sauropod B) Triceratops C) Velociraptor D) Tyrannosaurus rex
A) 1957 B) 1990 C) 2017 D) 1941
A) An early bird species B) A marine reptile C) A large hippo-like animal that lived during the Eocene D) A small rodent from the Pleistocene
A) 83-72 million years ago B) After 66 million years ago C) 72–67 million years ago D) 67–66 million years ago
A) Dimorphodon B) Rhamphorhynchus C) Pteranodon D) Quetzalcoatlus
A) The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event B) The Permian-Triassic extinction event C) The Triassic-Jurassic extinction event D) The Jurassic-Cretaceous transition
A) Chimneys Trail B) Outer Mountain Loop trail C) South Rim trail D) Marufo Vega trail
A) 200 miles B) 75 miles C) 118 miles D) 50 miles
A) 2002 B) June 2009 C) September 11, 2001 D) April 2013
A) 23 miles B) 21 miles C) 28 miles D) 30 miles
A) 2005 B) 2012 C) 1996 D) 2018
A) Gold Tier B) Platinum Tier C) Silver Tier D) Bronze Tier
A) Alpine B) Terlingua C) Big Bend National Park headquarters D) Panther Junction area
A) 1985 B) 1996 C) 2010 D) 2000 |