When the Wolves Returned

What is the name of the world's first national park?

• Geyser

• Yellowstone

• Montana

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Why were wolves a problem when Yellowstone first opened?

• They were eating other animals

• The fell into the geysers

• They were hurting people

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What is one problem that killing the wolves caused?

• The number of elks increased

• The geysers stopped

• There were no more squirrels

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What animals became the top of the food chain?

• foxes

• elk

• coyotes

Why did birds become rare in Yellowstone?

• The coyotes ate them

• The Pronghorn deer ate them

• Elks were destroying their homes

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What other animals would lose homes without beavers?

• ducks

• elk

• foxes

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How do wolves help the pronghorn survive?

• They killed the coyotes

• They killed the elk

• They killed the beavers

What did the elks do that kept them safe from the wolves?

• blend in with the environment

• ate trees

• kept moving

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