A) 2005 B) 1988 C) 2011 D) 2016
A) Will C. Barnes B) Lary M. Dilsaver C) John Bezy D) Steve Buckley
A) National Park Service B) Sonoran Desert Network C) The University of Arizona Press D) Arizona Geological Society
A) 978-1-892001-22-1 B) Not available C) 978-0-8165-1074-0 D) OCLC 912308073
A) 'Explore the Waters of Saguaro National Park: A Story Map' B) 'A Guide to the Geology of Saguaro National Park' C) 'Joshua Tree National Park: A History of Preserving the Desert' by Lary M. Dilsaver D) 'Common Plants of Saguaro National Park'
A) Steve Buckley B) Lary M. Dilsaver C) Will C. Barnes D) John Bezy
A) Online Article B) PDF C) Map D) Book
A) August 9, 2017 B) February 11, 2017 C) May 17, 2017 D) March 2015
A) 'Joshua Tree National Park: A History of Preserving the Desert' B) 'A Guide to the Geology of Saguaro National Park' C) 'Explore the Waters of Saguaro National Park: A Story Map' D) 'Common Plants of Saguaro National Park'
A) 978-0-8165-1074-0 B) OCLC 912308073 C) Not available D) 978-1-892001-22-1
A) 'Explore the Waters of Saguaro National Park: A Story Map' B) 'A Guide to the Geology of Saguaro National Park' C) 'Joshua Tree National Park: A History of Preserving the Desert' D) 'Common Plants of Saguaro National Park'
A) The University of Arizona Press B) Arizona Geological Society C) Esri D) National Park Service
A) July 9, 2017 B) May 17, 2017 C) August 9, 2017 D) February 11, 2017
A) Tropical rainforest B) Humid subtropical C) Mediterranean D) Hot semi-arid climate (BSh)
A) 10a B) 8a C) 9b D) 7b
A) Cactus Forest Visitor Center B) Rincon Mountain Visitor Center C) Saguaro West Visitor Center D) Tucson Mountain Visitor Center
A) Blizzards and hailstorms B) Hurricanes and tornadoes C) Lightning, dust storms, and flash floods D) Droughts and heatwaves
A) Artificial reservoirs B) Snowmelt from higher elevations C) River inflows from nearby cities D) Desalination plants
A) About 10 °F (5.6 C) B) About 4 °F (2 C) C) About 2 °F (1.1 C) D) About 8 °F (4.4 C)
A) About 70 million years B) About 600 million years C) About 1.7 billion years D) About 30 million years
A) At Grants Pass in the Tucson Mountain District B) In the Tucson Mountain District near Sus Picnic Area C) Along the Ruiz Trail D) Along a dry wash off Cactus Forest Loop Drive in the Rincon Mountain District
A) Limestone B) Pinal Schist C) 1.4-billion-year-old altered granites D) Breccia
A) Volcanic eruptions formed mountains B) The formation of the Basin and Range Province C) The uplift of the Santa Catalina Mountains D) Shallow seas covered the region
A) Sandstone for sculptures B) Limestone to make mortar C) Granite for construction D) Shale for roofing
A) Six B) Eight C) Four D) Ten
A) The Rincon Mountains B) The Pinal Mountains C) The Tucson Mountains D) The Santa Catalina Mountains
A) A plateau B) A canyon C) A caldera D) A rift valley
A) 12 miles (19 km) B) 8 miles (13 km) C) 6 miles (10 km) D) 20 miles (32 km)
A) The Rocky Mountain Province B) The Sierra Nevada Province C) The Appalachian Province D) The Basin and Range Province
A) About 70 million years ago B) About 30 million years ago C) About 10 million years ago D) About 50 million years ago
A) 12 to 15 miles (19 to 24 km) B) 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 km) C) 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km) D) 6 to 8 miles (10 to 13 km)
A) 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) west-southwest B) 16 to 22 miles (26 to 35 km) east-northeast C) 5 to 8 miles (8 to 13 km) north-northeast D) 25 to 30 miles (40 to 48 km) south-southeast
A) Banded gneiss known as Catalina gneiss B) Limestone C) Pinal Schist D) Breccia
A) At Grants Pass B) Along the Ruiz Trail C) Near Sus Picnic Area D) At sites such as Javelina Rocks along the Cactus Forest Loop Drive
A) 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) B) 91,716 acres (37,116 ha) C) 67,000 acres (27,000 ha) D) 71,000 acres (29,000 ha)
A) Mica River B) Santa Cruz River C) Wasson River D) Rillito River
A) Mojave Desert B) Great Basin Desert C) Sonoran Desert D) Chihuahuan Desert
A) Pantano Wash B) Tanque Verde Wash C) Rillito River D) Santa Cruz River
A) Large valleys B) Mountain peaks C) Smaller riparian zones D) Desert plains
A) Tanque Verde Wash B) Manning Camp C) Pantano Wash D) Rincon Creek
A) Crustal stretching B) Volcanic eruption C) Glacial movement D) Earthquake activity
A) Low biodiversity B) Moderate biodiversity C) Minimal biodiversity D) High biodiversity
A) Pueblo Indians, Navajo, Hopi B) Mayans, Aztecs, Incas C) Sioux, Cherokee, Iroquois D) Hohokam, Sobaipuri, Tohono O'odham, Apaches
A) President Franklin D. Roosevelt B) President Harry S. Truman C) President Herbert Hoover D) President John F. Kennedy
A) 1980 B) 1970 C) 1961 D) 1955
A) 2000 B) 1994 C) 2010 D) 1985
A) Only in the Tucson Mountain District B) Outside of the park C) Near both districts D) Only in the Rincon Mountain District
A) River B) Corner C) Mountain D) Valley
A) Spanish words meaning sunny place B) Native American words meaning red rock C) English words meaning desert town D) Papago-Piman words meaning dark spring or brown spring
A) Palo verde pods B) Prickly pears C) Saguaro fruit D) Cholla buds
A) 1862 B) 1539–40 C) 1692 D) 1775
A) 1907 B) 1918 C) 1942 D) 1930
A) Loma Verde Mine B) San Xavier Mine C) Mile Wide Mine D) Rincon Mine
A) Silver B) Copper C) None of the above (it produced both copper and gold) D) Gold
A) 10,000 tons B) 50,000 tons C) 34,000 tons D) 20,000 tons
A) Until 1942 B) Until the mid-1970s C) Until 1907 D) Until 1930
A) Less than 100 B) More than 60 C) More than 450 D) Exactly 300
A) More than 450 B) Exactly 30 C) Less than 20 D) More than 60
A) 1976 B) 1933 C) 1920 D) 1961
A) John F. Kennedy B) Homer L. Shantz C) Stewart Udall D) Frank Harris Hitchcock
A) 1928 B) 1976 C) 1933 D) 1961
A) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) B) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers C) National Park Service D) Tucson Game Protective Association
A) 1961 B) 1994 C) 1950s D) 1933
A) Homer L. Shantz B) Stewart Udall C) Herbert Hoover D) Frank Harris Hitchcock
A) Tamarisk B) Buffelgrass C) Malta starthistle D) Fountain grass
A) 300 B) 450 C) 500 D) 389
A) 197 B) 250 C) 300 D) 150
A) Oak/Juniper Woodland B) Bouteloua/Pleuraphis mutica Steppe C) Creosote bush scrub/Ragweed D) Parkinsonia/Cactus
A) 40 B) 15 C) 25 D) 30
A) Cougars B) Javelinas C) Lesser long-nosed bat D) White-tailed deer
A) Cactus wren B) Great horned owl C) Raven D) Vermilion flycatcher
A) Whiskered screech owl B) Roadrunner C) Hummingbird D) Mexican spotted owl
A) 29 B) 107 C) 30 D) 36
A) Diamondback rattlesnake B) Short-horned lizard C) Gila monster D) Coral snake
A) 30 B) 36 C) 107 D) 3
A) Couch's spadefoot B) Desert tortoise C) Canyon tree frog D) Lowland leopard frog
A) Air pollution B) Urban sprawl C) Light pollution D) Roadkill
A) Deserts B) Lower-elevation valleys C) Rivers D) Oceans
A) Charles Darwin B) E.O. Wilson C) Peter Warshall D) Rachel Carson
A) North–south B) Diagonal C) East–west D) Circular
A) Volcanic only B) Sedimentary only C) Uniform D) Highly varied
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