Yellowstone Fire CER

The Yellowstone Fire began in June of ________.

• 1899

• 1898

• 1988

• 1998

Who was president of the US when during the summer of the fire?

• William McKinley

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Bush Jr.

• Ronald Reagan

The fire started when ___ in the atmosphere, hit a pine tree from the _____.

• thunder, biosphere

• lightning, biosphere

• thunder, geosphere

• lightning, geosphere

It would be as hard to stop the tremendous force of a wildfire as it would be to stop a ____

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Both

According to the video, the most effective firefighter in history was _______

• Smokey Bear

• Smokey Badger

• Smiley Bobcat

• Smelly Bison

Federal officials started a campaign to suppress (stop) every fire as it started because of the Big Burn of 1910 in the

• South

• Northeast

• Southwest

• Northwest

The Big Burn of 1910 burned approximately three ___ acres.

• hundred

• thousand

• million

• billion

What is the problem with immediately putting out every fire that starts in the wild?

• Nothing, it is a great idea.

• Underbrush piles up and makes an even bigger fire later

• The fire fighters get too tired

• We don't have enough water

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Who came up with the phrase "Let it Burn" to describe the Forest Services fire policy?

• The Forest Service

• The media (reporters)

• The president of the US

• Smokey Bear

Fire is beneficial to a national forest system.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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