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U.S. Parks

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did Congress pass the law creating the National Park Service?

a)

1915

b)

1916

c)

1917

d)

1918

2.

What is the name of this national park?

a)

Curves

b)

Arches

c)

Badlands

d)

Canyonlands

3.

Acadia National Park is located in which US city?

a)

Maine

b)

Alaska

c)

California

d)

Pennsylvania

4.

What state is Biscayne located in?

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

South Carolina

d)

Texas

5.

What US president had a great impact on the National Parks System?

a)

Abe Lincoln

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

George Washington

d)

Woodrow Wilson

6.

How was crater lake formed?

a)

A meteor strike

b)

A volcano collapsing

c)

A giant sinkhole forming

d)

A nuclear explosion

7.

Capitol Reef is made primarily of what kind of stone?

a)

Granite

b)

Marble

c)

Sandstone

d)

Coral

8.

The Carlsbad Caverns are located in which state?

a)

New Mexico

b)

Arizona

c)

California

d)

Colorado

9.

What is the name of the plateau that Bryce Canyon is located on?

a)

Modoc Plateau

b)

Pajarito Plateau

c)

Uncompahgre Pleateau

d)

Paunsaugunt Plateau

10.

How low is Death Valley in feet?

a)

140 feet below sea level

b)

282 feet below sea level

c)

309 feet below sea level

d)

433 feet below sea level

11.

What is the name of the first national park established in the United States?

a)

Yosemite

b)

Zion

c)

Yellowstone

d)

Glacier

12.

What kind of climate is located in the Everglades?

a)

Temperate

b)

Polar

c)

Tropical

d)

Dry

13.

How many islands make up Channel Islands National Park?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

14.

How tall is Mount Rainer?

a)

11,110 feet

b)

12,210 feet

c)

14,410 feet

d)

16,610 feet

15.

The Haleakalā Volcano is located on which Hawaiian Island?

a)

Hawaii

b)

O'ahu

c)

Maui

d)

Kauai

16.

The highest peak in the Grand Teton range is how high?

a)

8,607 feet

b)

13,775 feet

c)

18, 239 feet

d)

29,032 feet

17.

What ancestral people used to live in Mesa Verde?

a)

Puebloan

b)

Navajo

c)

Modoc people

d)

Cherokee

18.

Denali National Park is located in which U.S. state?

a)

Colorado

b)

Alaska

c)

Minnesota

d)

Wyoming

19.

True or False: California Redwood Trees are the tallest in the world?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Yosemite National Park is known for what type of rock formations?

a)

Obsidian

b)

Slate

c)

Sandstone

d)

Granite

21.

What river cuts through the Grand Canyon?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Yukon River

d)

Rio Grande

22.

Glacier National Park is known for having what?

a)

Glaciers

b)

Redwood Trees

c)

Petrified Wood

d)

Black Sand Beaches

23.

Joshua Tree National Park is located in what desert?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Mohave

c)

Chihuahuan

d)

Sonoran

24.

Olympic National Park is located in which U.S. state?

a)

Oregon

b)

Washington

c)

Idaho

d)

Wyoming

25.

General Sherman, one of the worlds biggest trees, is located in which U.S. park?

a)

Redwood

b)

Glacier

c)

Yosemite

d)

Sequoia

26.

What is the name of this famous building?

a)

St. Louis Arch

b)

Lewis and Clark Arch

c)

Expansion Arch

d)

Gateway Arch

27.

What is the name of this national park?

a)

Grand Canyon

b)

Canyonlands

c)

Badlands

d)

Capitol Reef

28.

What is petrified wood?

a)

Fossilized Trees

b)

Rocks that look like trees

c)

Trees that look like rocks

d)

Wood that is trapped in amber

29.

What is the name of the famous geyser located in Yellowstone National Park?

a)

Old Reliable

b)

Old Consistent

c)

Old Trustworthy

d)

Old Faithful

30.

Voyageurs National park was home to what Native American Tribe?

a)

Apache

b)

Cherokee

c)

Ojibwe

d)

Arikara

31.

White Sands National Park is located in what basin?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Tularosa Basin

c)

Rio Grande River Basin

d)

Pacific Northwest Basin

32.

Angels Landing is in what National Park?

a)

Grand Canyon

b)

Bryce

c)

Zion

d)

Yellowstone

33.

Shenandoah River is located in what mountain range?

a)

Blue Ridge Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Yukon Mountains

34.

What is the name of the famous mountain in Yosemite that requires you to climb up cables to get to the top?

a)

North Dome

b)

Half Dome

c)

El Capitan

d)

El Dorado