Lassen Volcanic National Park - Quiz
Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • 1. Which state routes provide access to Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) State Routes 89 and 44
B) State Routes 38 and 49
C) State Routes 36 and 88
D) State Routes 45 and 90
  • 2. Which direction does State Route 89 pass through Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) North–south
B) West–north
C) South–east
D) East–west
  • 3. Which state route begins at SR 36 and ends at SR 44 in the park?
A) SR 88
B) SR 89
C) SR 44
D) SR 36
  • 4. How many vehicle entrances are there to Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
  • 5. Which locations have unpaved roads entering the park in the south?
A) Drakesbad and Juniper Lake
B) Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake
C) SR 36 and SR 44
D) Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness
  • 6. Which lake has an unpaved road entering the park in the northeast?
A) Willow Lake
B) Juniper Lake
C) Butte Lake
D) Drakesbad
  • 7. What major trail leads into Lassen Volcanic National Park from the east?
A) The Appalachian Trail
B) The Pacific Crest Trail
C) The John Muir Trail
D) The Continental Divide Trail
  • 8. Which wilderness area leads into Lassen Volcanic National Park to the east?
A) Ansel Adams Wilderness
B) Caribou Wilderness
C) Cascade-Siskiyou Wilderness
D) Sierra Nevada Wilderness
  • 9. Which two smaller trails lead into the park from the south?
A) Drakesbad and Juniper Lake
B) Willow Lake and Little Willow Lake
C) SR 36 and SR 44
D) Butte Lake and Caribou Wilderness
  • 10. During which season is the segment of SR 89 through the park typically closed?
A) Summer
B) Fall
C) Spring
D) Winter
  • 11. What causes the closure of SR 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in winter?
A) Wildfires
B) Very heavy snowfall and snowpack
C) Landslides
D) Flooding
  • 12. What is the dominant feature of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Cinder Cone
B) Chaos Crags
C) Mount St. Helens
D) Lassen Peak
  • 13. When were Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone first declared as U.S. National Monuments?
A) August 1916
B) 1925
C) October 1972
D) May 1907
  • 14. Who was Lassen Peak named after?
A) Peter Lassen, a Danish blacksmith
B) Nobles Emigrant
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Benjamin F. Loomis
  • 15. What was the last eruption date of Cinder Cone as determined by recent tree-ring analysis?
A) 1630
B) 1666
C) 1675
D) 1700
  • 16. What is the highest road in the Cascade Mountains found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) State Route 89
B) Interstate 5
C) The Main Park Road near Lassen Peak
D) Highway 44
  • 17. What percentage of the park's total area was burned at a high severity by the Dixie Fire?
A) 49%
B) 69%
C) 33%
D) 18%
  • 18. Which natural feature slowed the advance northward of the Dixie Fire within Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Manzanita Lake
B) Devil's Kitchen
C) Bumpass Hell
D) The 2012 Reading Fire footprint
  • 19. What was the name of the visitor center opened in 2008 at Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Manzanita Lake Center
B) Loomis Museum
C) Chaos Crags Pavilion
D) Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
  • 20. What year did the Dixie Fire enter Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) 2019
B) 2021
C) 2018
D) 2020
  • 21. Which area was designated as Lassen Volcanic Wilderness by the US Congress in 1972?
A) The entire park
B) Lassen Peak only
C) Cinder Cone only
D) A portion of Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • 22. What was the purpose of closing the visitor center and accommodations at Manzanita Lake in 1974?
A) For renovation purposes
B) Because of budget cuts
C) To prevent danger from a potential rockslide from Chaos Crags
D) Due to lack of visitors
  • 23. Which type of volcanic feature is not found at Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Volcanic neck
B) Cinder cone
C) Stratovolcano
D) Plug dome
  • 24. What was the primary reason for constructing the Main Park Road between 1925 and 1931?
A) For a new ski resort
B) To connect to Interstate highways
C) To provide access through the park shortly after Lassen Peak erupted
D) As part of a mining project
  • 25. What is one of the active volcanic features still present around Lassen Peak?
A) Glacial ice fields
B) Boiling mud pots
C) Sand dunes
D) Active lava flows
  • 26. What is the highest elevation reached by the Main Park Road in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) 7,000 ft (2,134 m)
B) 6,500 ft (1,981 m)
C) 9,000 ft (2,743 m)
D) 8,512 ft (2,594 m)
  • 27. What was the original name of Lassen Volcanic National Park before it became a national park?
A) Cinder Cone Monument
B) Devil's Kitchen Area
C) Chaos Crags Reserve
D) Lassen Peak Forest Preserve
  • 28. What was the main reason for the closure of Lassen Volcanic National Park during the Dixie Fire?
A) Because of a volcanic eruption
B) For safety due to fire
C) Due to flooding
D) For maintenance work
  • 29. What was demolished in 2005 near the southwest entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
B) Manzanita Lake Store
C) Bumpass Hell Pavilion
D) Lassen Chalet
  • 30. What type of rock composes Lassen Peak?
A) Dacite, an igneous rock
B) Basalt
C) Granite
D) Limestone
  • 31. Which volcano was once taller than Lassen Peak and formed a caldera?
A) Cinder Cone
B) Mount Tehama
C) Red Mountain
D) Brokeoff Mountain
  • 32. What is the estimated number of visitors per vehicle in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Two
D) Five
  • 33. Which area marks an old geothermal site near the center of Tehama's cone?
A) Sulphur Works
B) Bumpass Hell
C) Little Hot Springs Valley
D) Diamond Point
  • 34. Which area features hot spring areas like Boiling Springs Lake and Devils Kitchen?
A) Bumpass Hell
B) Warner Valley
C) Diamond Point
D) Little Hot Springs Valley
  • 35. Which part of the park features great lava pinnacles and steaming sulfur vents?
A) Sulphur Works
B) Warner Valley
C) The western part
D) The eastern part
  • 36. How many permanent snowfields does Lassen Peak have?
A) Eight
B) Fourteen
C) Twenty
D) Ten
  • 37. According to the Köppen climate classification system, what type of climate does Lassen Volcanic National Park have?
A) Marine west coast climate
B) Mediterranean-influenced warm-summer Humid continental climate (Dsb)
C) Tropical rainforest climate
D) Desert climate
  • 38. What is the Plant Hardiness zone at Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center?
A) 5a
B) 6b
C) 8a
D) 7b
  • 39. How much snowfall does the new visitor center near the southwest entrance receive annually?
A) Around 430 in (1,090 cm)
B) 700 in (1780 cm)
C) 100 in (254 cm)
D) 250 in (635 cm)
  • 40. What is the approximate snowfall at Lake Helen?
A) 600–700 in (1,520–1,780 cm)
B) 400–500 in (1016–1270 cm)
C) 200–300 in (508–762 cm)
D) 800–900 in (2032–2286 cm)
  • 41. What is the maximum average snow accumulation recorded at Lake Helen?
A) 100 in (254 cm)
B) 178 in (450 cm)
C) 300 in (762 cm)
D) 250 in (635 cm)
  • 42. Which potential vegetation type is found at Lassen Volcanic National Park according to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. Potential natural vegetation Types?
A) Red fir, Abies magnifica
B) Oak savanna
C) Prairie grassland
D) Chaparral
  • 43. Which ecoregion is Lassen Volcanic National Park located at the northern end of?
A) Chinook Plains
B) Sierra Nevada forests
C) Great Basin Desert
D) North Cascades
  • 44. Name a common wildflower found in the mixed-conifer forest of Lassen Volcanic National Park.
A) Sunflower
B) Daisy
C) Iris
D) Tulip
  • 45. Which plant is common in the red fir forest community?
A) Rose bush
B) Satin lupine
C) Daffodil
D) Lily
  • 46. Which species is listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973?
A) Sierra Nevada red fox
B) Bald eagles
C) Peregrine falcons
D) Clark's nutcrackers
  • 47. Which of these animals is known to inhabit the park's subalpine zones?
A) Gray-crowned rosy finches
B) Pacific tree frogs
C) Common snipe
D) American black bears
  • 48. Which amphibian species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Rough-skinned newts
B) California tortoiseshell butterflies
C) Pacific tree frogs
D) Common snipe
  • 49. Which native fish species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Brook trout
B) Fathead minnows
C) Rainbow trout
D) Golden shiners
  • 50. In what year was a wolf pack reported within Lassen Volcanic Park by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife?
A) 2024
B) 2011
C) 2019
D) 2015
  • 51. Which invasive fish species is found in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Brook trout
B) Lahontan redsides
C) Rainbow trout
D) Tui chubs
  • 52. Which bird is attracted to areas like Reflection Lake within the park?
A) Song sparrows
B) Bufflehead ducks
C) Canada geese
D) Northern goshawks
  • 53. What geological formation is not exposed anywhere in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Tuscan Formation
B) Juniper lavas
C) Flatiron lava flows
D) Eastern basalt flows
  • 54. Which type of lava flow covered the southwestern part of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Twin Lakes lavas
B) Juniper lavas
C) Eastern basalt flows
D) Flatiron andesite lava flows
  • 55. What is the primary composition of Twin Lakes lava?
A) Black, porphyritic andesite with quartz xenocrysts
B) Dacite lava
C) Rhyolitic lava
D) Basaltic flows
  • 56. What type of micro-organisms are found in the hot springs and mud pots of Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Algae
B) Fungi
C) Bacteria
D) Extremophile micro-organisms
  • 57. What geological feature formed as a result of Mount Tehama's eruption approximately 350,000 years ago?
A) Lassen Peak
B) Chaos Crags
C) A two-mile wide caldera
D) Cinder Cone
  • 58. What geological process helped to erode the older volcanoes in Lassen Volcanic National Park?
A) Glaciers during glacial periods
B) River erosion
C) Wind erosion
D) Volcanic eruptions
  • 59. What is the approximate age of Lassen Peak's formation?
A) 18,000 years ago
B) 11,000 years ago
C) 27,000 years ago
D) 350,000 years ago
  • 60. What type of volcanic activity led to the formation of tephra cones in the northern area of the park?
A) Pyroclastic eruptions
B) Dacite lava dome growth
C) Glacial movements
D) Basaltic lava flows
  • 61. Which formation is characterized by abundant xenocrysts of quartz?
A) Juniper lavas
B) Eastern basalt flows
C) Twin Lakes lavas
D) Flatiron lavas
  • 62. What type of geological feature did the Eastern basalt flows form along the eastern boundary of the park?
A) Dacite lava domes
B) Tephra cones
C) Low hills that were later eroded into rugged terrain
D) A lava plateau
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