National Parks Quiz

What was Utah's first national park?

• Zion National Park

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park

• Grand Teton National Park

• Cuyahoga Valley National Park

• Bryce Canyon National Park

How tall can a saguaro cactus grow?

• 12 feet

• 25 feet

• 50 feet

• 75 feet

• over 100 feet

What is the name for the process of a large piece of ice breaking off a glacier and splashing into the sea as an iceberg, often seen at Glacier National Park?

• kerplunking

• ice thinning

• cleaving

• calving

• ice-eroding

Which park is among the most biodiverse, with beaches, forests, dunes, lakes, marches, and hiking trails?

• White Sands National Park

• Pinnacles National Park

• Grand Teton National Park

• Indiana Dunes National Park

• Voyageurs National Park

How much of Voyageurs National Park is covered in water?

• none of Voyageurs is covered in water

• about 1 square mile

• about one third

• about one half

• about three quarters

What is the tallest living tree in the world, located in Redwood National Park?

• General Sherman

• Hyperion

• Helios

• The Chief

• Luga, Cherokee for Big Tree

Who was Walter Ruesch, immortalized in Walter’s Wiggles in Zion National Park?

• he carved the 21 switchback walkway up the cliffs

• he was the first African American park ranger at Zion Park

• he was the first superintendent of Zion Park

• Both (A) and (C)

• Both (A) and (B)

What mineral makes up the sand at White Sands National Park?

• gypsum

• bridgmanite

• phosphorus

• magnesium

• manganese

How many islands are included in Dry Tortugas?

• two

• four

• five

• seven

• twelve

How is the remote area of Kobuk Valley best explored?

• on a bush plane

• on a dog sled

• on a seaplane

• with a guide

• The book doesn’t recommend a way to see this park, so it can be assumed to be just simply visited by a car, truck, or SUV.