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Point Pelee National Park - Quiz
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  • 1. What moderates the climate of Point Pelee National Park?
A) Proximity to the Atlantic Ocean
B) High altitude
C) Desert conditions
D) The moderating effects of Lake Erie
  • 2. Which Carolinian faunal species can be found in Point Pelee National Park?
A) Grizzly bear and moose
B) Kangaroo and koala
C) Polar bear and arctic fox
D) Fox snake and five-lined skink
  • 3. How many different species of migratory birds have been recorded in Point Pelee National Park?
A) About 347–360 different species
B) 750 different species
C) 100 different species
D) 500 different species
  • 4. How many waterfowl and shorebird species are recorded in Point Pelee National Park?
A) 50 species
B) 300 species
C) 102 species
D) 200 species
  • 5. What rank did Dominic Couzen give to Point Pelee on his Top 100 Birding Sites of the World?
A) #66
B) #10
C) #25
D) #90
  • 6. Which animal is mentioned as being present within Point Pelee National Park besides birds and snakes?
A) Coyotes
B) Kangaroos
C) Lions
D) Elephants
  • 7. How many different habitats are there in Point Pelee National Park?
A) Three
B) Ten
C) Eight
D) Six
  • 8. Name one of the six habitats found in Point Pelee National Park.
A) Taiga
B) Desert
C) Savanna
D) Tundra
  • 9. How many native plant species are contained within Point Pelee National Park?
A) 200
B) 500
C) More than 750
D) 1000
  • 10. How many plant species in the park are considered rare, endangered or threatened in Canada?
A) 3 species
B) 50 species
C) 15 species
D) 8 species
  • 11. What designation does Middle Island near Point Pelee have?
A) Protected Wildlife Reserve
B) National Monument
C) World Heritage Site
D) Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI)
  • 12. How many species at risk are found on Middle Island?
A) Five species
B) Nine species
C) Fifteen species
D) Twenty species
  • 13. Where is the highest diversity of vegetation in the marsh located?
A) Along the edge of the marsh ponds and in transitional zones
B) In the freshwater lakes
C) In the center of the marsh
D) On the dry forest areas
  • 14. How many different vegetation communities dominate in the marsh at Point Pelee?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Eight
D) Six
  • 15. What type of formation is Point Pelee National Park?
A) An island
B) A sandspit
C) A mountain range
D) A peninsula
  • 16. What is the maximum thickness of Point Pelee's sandspit?
A) 50 metres (164 ft)
B) 100 metres (328 ft)
C) 70 metres (230 ft)
D) 30 metres (98 ft)
  • 17. What is the total area of Point Pelee National Park?
A) 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres)
B) 1,564 hectares (3,860 acres)
C) 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres)
D) 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres)
  • 18. What percentage of Point Pelee National Park is marsh?
A) 80%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 70%
  • 19. Which plant dominates the marshes in Point Pelee National Park?
A) Cattails
B) Reeds
C) Ferns
D) Grasses
  • 20. What percentage of Point Pelee is covered by forested areas?
A) 15%
B) 30%
C) 25%
D) 21%
  • 21. During which ice age was the till plain at Point Pelee formed?
A) Wisconsonian
B) Pleistocene
C) Illinoian
D) Holocene
  • 22. What geological feature did the Wisconsonian ice advance and retreat over to form Point Pelee?
A) A submerged limestone ridge
B) An alluvial plain
C) A granite plateau
D) A volcanic crater
  • 23. What type of soil is found in the mineral soils of Point Pelee National Park?
A) Loamy soil
B) Eastport sand
C) Peaty soil
D) Clay soil
  • 24. What is the name of the southernmost point in Canada located south of Point Pelee?
A) Middle Island
B) End Island
C) Far Point
D) South Point
  • 25. How much area does Middle Island cover?
A) Approximately 30 hectares (74 acres)
B) Approximately 10 hectares (25 acres)
C) Approximately 25 hectares (62 acres)
D) Approximately 18.5 hectares (46 acres)
  • 26. What type of vegetation predominantly covers Middle Island?
A) Marshland
B) Forested
C) Grassland
D) Desert
  • 27. In which county is Point Pelee National Park located?
A) Halton County
B) Essex County
C) Durham County
D) York County
  • 28. What does the French word 'pelée' mean?
A) 'Point'
B) 'Peninsula'
C) 'Bald'
D) 'Rocky'
  • 29. When was Point Pelee National Park established?
A) 1923
B) 1934
C) 1918
D) 1905
  • 30. Which organization recommended that Point Pelee be made a national park in 1915?
A) Canadian Wildlife Federation
B) Great Lakes Ornithological Club
C) Audubon Society
D) Nature Conservancy of Canada
  • 31. Who was Canada's first Dominion Ornithologist who recommended Point Pelee as a national park?
A) Jack Miner
B) John Muir
C) Alexander McKee
D) Percy A. Taverner
  • 32. When was Point Pelee designated as a Ramsar site?
A) 12 July 2001
B) 15 March 1995
C) 22 September 1978
D) 27 May 1987
  • 33. What is the southernmost point of mainland Canada?
A) Cape Spear
B) Cape Hatteras
C) Cape Breton Island
D) Point Pelee
  • 34. Which First Nation people inhabited Point Pelee and were not signatories of the treaty ceding land to the Crown?
A) Mohawk First Nation
B) Caldwell First Nation Chippewa
C) Anishinaabe First Nation
D) Ojibwe First Nation
  • 35. In what year did commercial fishing end in Point Pelee National Park?
A) 1983
B) 1975
C) 1990
D) 1969
  • 36. When was duck hunting ended at Point Pelee National Park?
A) 1995
B) 1978
C) 2000
D) 1989
  • 37. What designation did Point Pelee receive in 2006?
A) World Heritage Site
B) Dark-sky preserve
C) Biosphere Reserve
D) Geopark
  • 38. Who named the site 'Pointe-Pelée' and why?
A) American explorers, because of its unique shape.
B) British settlers, due to its strategic location for trade.
C) Aboriginal people, as it resembled a local animal.
D) French explorers, because it was rocky with no trees on its eastern side.
  • 39. What type of climate does Point Pelee National Park have?
A) Tropical rainforest climate
B) Arid desert climate
C) Humid continental climate (Dfa under the Köppen climate classification)
D) Mediterranean climate
  • 40. In what year did Point Pelee National Park appear on a $1.20 postage stamp?
A) 2005
B) 1983
C) 2018
D) 1999
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