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Lassen Volcanic National Park - Quiz
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  • 1. Which state routes provide access to Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) State Routes 45 and 90
B) State Routes 89 and 44
C) State Routes 38 and 49
D) State Routes 36 and 88
  • 2. Which direction does State Route 89 pass through Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) South–east
B) West–north
C) East–west
D) North–south
  • 3. Which state route begins at SR 36 and ends at SR 44 in the park?
A) SR 36
B) SR 89
C) SR 44
D) SR 88
  • 4. How many vehicle entrances are there to Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Six
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 5. Which locations have unpaved roads entering the park in the south?
A) Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake
B) Drakesbad and Juniper Lake
C) SR 36 and SR 44
D) Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness
  • 6. Which lake has an unpaved road entering the park in the northeast?
A) Drakesbad
B) Willow Lake
C) Butte Lake
D) Juniper Lake
  • 7. What major trail leads into Lassen Volcanic National Park from the east?
A) The Pacific Crest Trail
B) The Continental Divide Trail
C) The Appalachian Trail
D) The John Muir Trail
  • 8. Which wilderness area leads into Lassen Volcanic National Park to the east?
A) Cascade-Siskiyou Wilderness
B) Caribou Wilderness
C) Sierra Nevada Wilderness
D) Ansel Adams Wilderness
  • 9. Which two smaller trails lead into the park from the south?
A) Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake
B) Drakesbad and Juniper Lake
C) SR 36 and SR 44
D) Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness
  • 10. During which season is the segment of SR 89 through the park typically closed?
A) Fall
B) Spring
C) Summer
D) Winter
  • 11. What causes the closure of SR 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in winter?
A) Very heavy snowfall and snowpack
B) Landslides
C) Flooding
D) Wildfires
  • 12. What is the dominant feature of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Chaos Crags
B) Mount St. Helens
C) Cinder Cone
D) Lassen Peak
  • 13. When were Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone first declared as U.S. National Monuments?
A) August 1916
B) 1925
C) October 1972
D) May 1907
  • 14. Who was Lassen Peak named after?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Peter Lassen, a Danish blacksmith
C) Nobles Emigrant
D) Benjamin F. Loomis
  • 15. What was the last eruption date of Cinder Cone as determined by recent tree-ring analysis?
A) 1700
B) 1666
C) 1675
D) 1630
  • 16. What is the highest road in the Cascade Mountains found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) State Route 89
B) Highway 44
C) Interstate 5
D) The Main Park Road near Lassen Peak
  • 17. What percentage of the park's total area was burned at a high severity by the Dixie Fire?
A) 69%
B) 49%
C) 33%
D) 18%
  • 18. Which natural feature slowed the advance northward of the Dixie Fire within Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Manzanita Lake
B) Bumpass Hell
C) The 2012 Reading Fire footprint
D) Devil's Kitchen
  • 19. What was the name of the visitor center opened in 2008 at Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
B) Manzanita Lake Center
C) Chaos Crags Pavilion
D) Loomis Museum
  • 20. What year did the Dixie Fire enter Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) 2018
B) 2019
C) 2021
D) 2020
  • 21. Which area was designated as Lassen Volcanic Wilderness by the US Congress in 1972?
A) The entire park
B) Cinder Cone only
C) Lassen Peak only
D) A portion of Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • 22. What was the purpose of closing the visitor center and accommodations at Manzanita Lake in 1974?
A) Due to lack of visitors
B) To prevent danger from a potential rockslide from Chaos Crags
C) For renovation purposes
D) Because of budget cuts
  • 23. Which type of volcanic feature is not found at Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Stratovolcano
B) Cinder cone
C) Volcanic neck
D) Plug dome
  • 24. What was the primary reason for constructing the Main Park Road between 1925 and 1931?
A) To provide access through the park shortly after Lassen Peak erupted
B) As part of a mining project
C) To connect to Interstate highways
D) For a new ski resort
  • 25. What is one of the active volcanic features still present around Lassen Peak?
A) Active lava flows
B) Sand dunes
C) Boiling mud pots
D) Glacial ice fields
  • 26. What is the highest elevation reached by the Main Park Road in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) 6,500 ft (1,981 m)
B) 8,512 ft (2,594 m)
C) 7,000 ft (2,134 m)
D) 9,000 ft (2,743 m)
  • 27. What was the original name of Lassen Volcanic National Park before it became a national park?
A) Cinder Cone Monument
B) Devil's Kitchen Area
C) Lassen Peak Forest Preserve
D) Chaos Crags Reserve
  • 28. What was the main reason for the closure of Lassen Volcanic National Park during the Dixie Fire?
A) Because of a volcanic eruption
B) For maintenance work
C) Due to flooding
D) For safety due to fire
  • 29. What was demolished in 2005 near the southwest entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Manzanita Lake Store
B) Bumpass Hell Pavilion
C) Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
D) Lassen Chalet
  • 30. What type of rock composes Lassen Peak?
A) Limestone
B) Basalt
C) Granite
D) Dacite, an igneous rock
  • 31. Which volcano was once taller than Lassen Peak and formed a caldera?
A) Red Mountain
B) Cinder Cone
C) Mount Tehama
D) Brokeoff Mountain
  • 32. What is the estimated number of visitors per vehicle in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Five
D) Four
  • 33. Which area marks an old geothermal site near the center of Tehama's cone?
A) Little Hot Springs Valley
B) Sulphur Works
C) Bumpass Hell
D) Diamond Point
  • 34. Which area features hot spring areas like Boiling Springs Lake and Devils Kitchen?
A) Bumpass Hell
B) Warner Valley
C) Diamond Point
D) Little Hot Springs Valley
  • 35. Which part of the park features great lava pinnacles and steaming sulfur vents?
A) The western part
B) Sulphur Works
C) Warner Valley
D) The eastern part
  • 36. How many permanent snowfields does Lassen Peak have?
A) Ten
B) Fourteen
C) Eight
D) Twenty
  • 37. According to the Köppen climate classification system, what type of climate does Lassen Volcanic National Park have?
A) Desert climate
B) Tropical rainforest climate
C) Marine west coast climate
D) Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer Humid continental climate (Dsb)
  • 38. What is the Plant Hardiness zone at Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center?
A) 7b
B) 6b
C) 8a
D) 5a
  • 39. How much snowfall does the new visitor center near the southwest entrance receive annually?
A) 100 in (254 cm)
B) Around 430 in (1,090 cm)
C) 250 in (635 cm)
D) 700 in (1780 cm)
  • 40. What is the approximate snowfall at Lake Helen?
A) 200–300 in (508–762 cm)
B) 600–700 in (1,520–1,780 cm)
C) 800–900 in (2032–2286 cm)
D) 400–500 in (1016–1270 cm)
  • 41. What is the maximum average snow accumulation recorded at Lake Helen?
A) 300 in (762 cm)
B) 178 in (450 cm)
C) 250 in (635 cm)
D) 100 in (254 cm)
  • 42. Which potential vegetation type is found at Lassen Volcanic National Park according to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. Potential natural vegetation Types?
A) Red fir, Abies magnifica
B) Chaparral
C) Prairie grassland
D) Oak savanna
  • 43. Which ecoregion is Lassen Volcanic National Park located at the northern end of?
A) Sierra Nevada forests
B) Great Basin Desert
C) North Cascades
D) Chinook Plains
  • 44. Name a common wildflower found in the mixed-conifer forest of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
A) Sunflower
B) Tulip
C) Iris
D) Daisy
  • 45. Which plant is common in the red fir forest community?
A) Lily
B) Daffodil
C) Satin lupine
D) Rose bush
  • 46. Which species is listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973?
A) Clark's nutcrackers
B) Bald eagles
C) Sierra Nevada red fox
D) Peregrine falcons
  • 47. Which of these animals is known to inhabit the park's subalpine zones?
A) Gray-crowned rosy finches
B) Common snipe
C) Pacific tree frogs
D) American black bears
  • 48. Which amphibian species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Common snipe
B) Rough-skinned newts
C) Pacific tree frogs
D) California tortoiseshell butterflies
  • 49. Which native fish species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Fathead minnows
B) Brook trout
C) Golden shiners
D) Rainbow trout
  • 50. In what year was a wolf pack reported within Lassen Volcanic Park by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife?
A) 2024
B) 2015
C) 2019
D) 2011
  • 51. Which invasive fish species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Lahontan redsides
B) Tui chubs
C) Rainbow trout
D) Brook trout
  • 52. Which bird is attracted to areas like Reflection Lake within the park?
A) Bufflehead ducks
B) Northern goshawks
C) Song sparrows
D) Canada geese
  • 53. What geological formation is not exposed anywhere in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Juniper lavas
B) Eastern basalt flows
C) Tuscan Formation
D) Flatiron lava flows
  • 54. Which type of lava flow covered the southwestern part of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Eastern basalt flows
B) Juniper lavas
C) Twin Lakes lavas
D) Flatiron andesite lava flows
  • 55. What is the primary composition of Twin Lakes lava?
A) Black, porphyritic andesite with quartz xenocrysts
B) Rhyolitic lava
C) Dacite lava
D) Basaltic flows
  • 56. What type of micro-organisms are found in the hot springs and mud pots of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Bacteria
B) Extremophile micro-organisms
C) Algae
D) Fungi
  • 57. What geological feature formed as a result of Mount Tehama's eruption approximately 350,000 years ago?
A) A two-mile wide caldera
B) Lassen Peak
C) Cinder Cone
D) Chaos Crags
  • 58. What geological process helped to erode the older volcanoes in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) River erosion
B) Wind erosion
C) Volcanic eruptions
D) Glaciers during glacial periods
  • 59. What is the approximate age of Lassen Peak's formation?
A) 18,000 years ago
B) 27,000 years ago
C) 350,000 years ago
D) 11,000 years ago
  • 60. What type of volcanic activity led to the formation of tephra cones in the northern area of the park?
A) Pyroclastic eruptions
B) Glacial movements
C) Basaltic lava flows
D) Dacite lava dome growth
  • 61. Which formation is characterized by abundant xenocrysts of quartz?
A) Eastern basalt flows
B) Flatiron lavas
C) Juniper lavas
D) Twin Lakes lavas
  • 62. What type of geological feature did the Eastern basalt flows form along the eastern boundary of the park?
A) Low hills that were later eroded into rugged terrain
B) A lava plateau
C) Tephra cones
D) Dacite lava domes
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