Fire! In Yellowstone

True or False: Most animals escaped the dangerous fires.

• True

• False

True or False: Fire clears away old trees to make room for new plants and trees.

• True

• False

True or False: Rangers allowed the fires to burn at first because fire has always been a vital part of the forest ecology.

• True

• False

True or False: Native Americans used to light fires to drive game to hunters and to improve wildlife habitats.

• True

• False

What was used to drop millions of gallons of water and chemicals on the fires?

• helicopters and airplanes

• tanks and airplanes

• helicopters and tanks

• firetrucks and Marines

What is Old Faithful?

• a firetruck

• a geyser

• a fire station

• the name of a hotel

What did the rain that came in September do that 10,000 firefighters could not do?

• add fuel to the fire

• burn 400 forests

• burn more land

• put out the fires

True or False: The ash was carried by rain into the soil to make the forest land richer.

• False

• True

What is a habitat?

• the area where a plant or animal grows or lives naturally

• where turtles and snakes live

• a place for Pizza Planet

• a place where stores and gas stations are located

What is a prolonged period of dry weather?

• habitat

• drought

• firestorm

• drought