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Grand Canyon

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the sights we saw while at the Canyon.

a)

Mary Colter's Desert View Watchtower

b)

Mather Point

c)

Yavapai Geology Museum

d)

Trail of Time

2.

On a clear, moonless night, the constellations visible in the summer sky are

a)

Big Dipper, a.k.a. Big Bear

b)

Leo

c)

Scorpio

d)

Cancer

3.

What is the nearest city to the canyon?

a)

Flagstaff

b)

Kanab

c)

Phoenix

d)

Tucson

4.

In the Jr. Ranger Oath, I promised to...

a)

Help take care of and protect the Grand Canyon

b)

Follow my dreams

c)

Continue to explore, learn about, and respect the natural world wherever I go

d)

Be proud to be a Jr. Ranger

5.

How would you like to see the canyon next time?

a)

By helicopter

b)

By boat

c)

By mule

d)

Never again

6.

Who were the people to discover the canyon?

a)

Hunter-gatherers about 12,000 years ago

b)

Anasazi people about 1,000 years ago who make their living through agriculture

c)

The Spanish explorers from Mexico in 1540

d)

Major Powell and his 9-man crew journeyed the canyon by boats in 1869

7.

How many species of trilobytes have been discovered, according to the Geology Museum?

a)

15,000

b)

1 million

c)

100,000

d)

2

8.

What is the name of the campground we stayed in at the Grand Canyon?

a)

Trailer Village RV Park

b)

Mathus Campground

c)

Grand Canyon Lodge

d)

Who cares?

9.

Where does the water in the canyon flow to?

a)

Gulf of California

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Lake Powell

d)

Glen Canyon Dam

10.

Where does the water in the river of the canyon come from?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf of California

d)

Lake Powell

11.

How old are the rocks that are uplifted and exposed, giving us a peek into the great history of time?

a)

2 billion years

b)

eternity

c)

5 billion years

d)

paleozoic

12.

For how long has the erosion created the canyon?

a)

5 million years

b)

2 billion years

c)

100,000 years

d)

no one knows

13.

How did the canyon come to be?

a)

Water

b)

Volcano

c)

Aliens

d)

Earthquake

14.

How long would it take (either by mule or by foot) to get to the bottom of the canyon?

a)

5 1/2 hrs

b)

one full day

c)

impossible

d)

3 hrs

15.

How many feet above elevation is the rim of the canyon?

a)

7,000 ft

b)

14,000

c)

22,000

d)

sea level

16.

What is the most dangerous animal at the canyon, so they say?

a)

Attacking squirrel

b)

Gorging bison

c)

Butting elk

d)

Standing deer

17.

Are campfires allowed in the park?

a)

No

b)

Sure, why not?

c)

Only during the driest weeks of the summer

d)

Only if Smokey the Bear dies

18.

What are the names of the TWO trails we hiked that go from the South Rim to the bottom of the canyon?

a)

Bright Angel

b)

South Kaibab

c)

2,000 Mules

d)

Yavapai

19.

What river carved the Grand Canyon?

a)

Colorado

b)

Tiber

c)

Pueblo

d)

Pedernales

20.

What state is the Grand Canyon in?

a)

Arizona

b)

Utah

c)

New Mexico

d)

Nevada