National Parks

A National Park contains a variety of resources and includes large land or water areas.

• True

• False

What is the job of the National Park Service?

• to maintain the areas

• to keep people out of the areas

• to preserve and protect these areas for future generations

• to prevent forest fires

Who can create an area to be a national park?

• The president and the Supreme Court

• Congress and the Supreme Court

• The president and congress

• All three branches

There are national parks in every state.

• True

• False

When did Congress pass a law creating the National Park Service?

• 1916

• 1891

• 1952

• 2008

Our country's national parks are a natural resource.

• True

• False

A ______________ is a natural shape or physical feature on Earth's surface.

• Mountain

• Landform

• Volcano

• Hill

What is this landform?

• Plains

• Canyon

• Mesa

• Delta

What is the name of the first US National Park (pictured here)?

• Mount Rainier National Park

• Joshua Tree National Park

• Rocky Mountain National Park

• Yellowstone National Park

True or False? National Parks are public land, meaning they belong to all of us.

• True

• False