Ch. 6 National Parks

How many national parks are there in the United States?

• 58

• 42

National parks were created to protect

• land

• wildlife

• history

• all of the above

Topographic maps are maps that show

• the tops of mountains

• landforms & other surface features

Yellowstone National Park has 500 geysers. Geysers are

• springs that throw jets of hot water into the air

• puddles of boiling mud

The first national park in the world was created in 1872. Which park was it?

• Yosemite

• Glacier

• Yellowstone

• Great Smokey Mountains

He is considered the father of national parks.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John Muir

A conservationist

• works to protect the beauty and natural resources of the environment

• the animal life in a region

• the plant life in a region

• is a map that uses contour lines to show features

Fauna is

• someone who works to protect the beauty and natural resources of the environment

• all of the animal life in a region

• all of the plant life in a region

• a map that uses contour lines

A topographic map is

• all of the plant life in a region

• a map that uses contour lines to show features

• someone who works to protect the beauty and nature of the environment

• all of the animal life in region

Flora is

• all of the animal life in a region

• all of the plant life in a region

• someone who works to protect the beauty and natural resources of the environment

• a map that uses contour lines to show features