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A) About 300,000 B) About 600,000 C) About 500,000 D) About 410,000
A) In September and October B) On weekdays after Thanksgiving C) During winter months D) On the weekends following Memorial Day and the Fourth of July
A) Halloween and Thanksgiving B) Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, National Park Week, and Veterans Day weekend C) Labor Day and Independence Day D) Christmas and New Year's Eve
A) A reservation at a nearby hotel B) No special requirements C) A permit from the visitor center D) A guide for the entire stay
A) Only in December and January B) From Memorial Day weekend through the middle of October C) During spring months only D) All year round
A) During fall months only B) All year round C) In January and February D) In July and August when the current year bat pups first join the flight of adult bats
A) It is completely dry with no water or mud B) It extends infinitely downward C) It has a solid rock floor that echoes sound D) It is about 140 feet deep and covered with soft dirt, which mutes sounds of stones hitting it
A) Halloween Hall B) Spirit World C) Chocolate High D) Balloon Ballroom
A) A treasure chest B) More than 1,000 bat bones C) Ancient artifacts D) Fossils of dinosaurs
A) 200 feet (61 m) B) 50 feet (15 m) C) 10 feet (3 m) D) About 100 feet (30 m)
A) The deepest part of Carlsbad Caverns B) An underground river C) A new type of stalagmite D) A series of small passages totaling nearly a mile, named 'Chocolate High'
A) Digging through the ground B) Climbing without any equipment C) Floating up a lightweight cord using a balsa wood loop with helium-filled balloons D) Using a drone to map the area
A) Chocolate High B) Spirit World C) Lake of Muddy Misery D) Bottomless Pit
A) 25 miles B) 10 miles C) 50 miles D) Almost 40 miles
A) Solar eclipses B) Full moon nights only C) Meteor showers exclusively D) Special astronomical events, such as a transit of Venus
A) Spirit World B) Chocolate High C) Halloween Hall D) Balloon Ballroom
A) Texas B) New Mexico C) California D) Arizona
A) Rocky Mountains B) Guadalupe Mountains C) Sierra Nevada D) Appalachian Mountains
A) Limestone chamber B) Basalt lava tube C) Granite cave D) Sandstone arch
A) 1916 B) 1930 C) 1963 D) 1945
A) Glacial movement B) Volcanic activity C) Dissolution by sulfuric acid D) Wind erosion
A) 750 ft B) 625 ft C) 500 ft D) 800 ft
A) Four B) One C) Three D) Two
A) 350 ft B) 200 ft C) 255 ft D) 300 ft
A) 2015 B) 1995 C) 1985 D) 2005
A) Carlsbad Cavern B) Caverns Historic District C) Rattlesnake Springs D) Guadalupe Peak
A) One-third B) Three-quarters C) Two-thirds D) Half
A) Humid continental climate B) Mediterranean climate C) Cool semi-arid climate D) Tropical rainforest climate
A) William Johnson B) John Smith C) Henry Adams D) Jim White
A) President Herbert Hoover B) President Calvin Coolidge C) President Franklin D. Roosevelt D) President Woodrow Wilson
A) President Jimmy Carter B) President Ronald Reagan C) President Lyndon B. Johnson D) President Richard Nixon
A) Totem Pole B) Crystal Palace C) Giant Dome D) Witch's Finger
A) Balloon Ballroom B) Bifrost Room C) Big Room D) Bell Cord Room
A) Lake of the Clouds B) Left Hand Tunnel C) Lil' Lechuguilla D) Bell Cord Room
A) Mabel's Room B) Left Hand Tunnel C) Lil' Lechuguilla D) Lake of the Clouds
A) Lake of the Clouds B) Mabel's Room C) Lil' Lechuguilla D) Mystery Room
A) New Section B) Papoose Room C) New Mexico Room D) Mystery Room
A) The Rookery B) Queen's Chamber C) Talcum Passage D) Spirit World
A) Three B) Fifty C) Ten D) Twenty
A) 2000 B) 1986 C) 1995 D) 1910s
A) Deepest B) Fourth deepest C) Second deepest D) Third deepest
A) All visitors with a park pass B) Permitted scientific expeditions only C) Guided tour groups D) Any caver with proper equipment
A) Fifteen B) Twenty C) Ten D) Seventeen
A) Acoustic monitoring B) Direct counting during emergence C) Thermal imaging cameras D) Drones
A) A forest fire B) An airplane C) A thunderstorm D) He thought they were a volcano or a whirlwind
A) Fifteen B) Ten C) Five D) Twenty
A) 100 species B) 500 species C) 50 species D) Over 300 species
A) Protected Wilderness B) National Historic Landmark C) Important Bird Area (IBA) D) World Heritage Site
A) Rattlesnake Springs B) Lechuguilla Cave C) The Caverns Historic District D) Oak Spring |