A) 1985 B) 1964 C) 1972 D) 1951
A) President John F. Kennedy B) President Richard Nixon C) President Lyndon B. Johnson D) President Gerald Ford
A) The Arkansas River and the Platte River B) The Colorado River and the Green River C) The Snake River and the Rio Grande D) The Mississippi River and the Missouri River
A) Edward Abbey B) Frank Moss C) Stewart Udall D) Bates Wilson
A) Island in the Sky B) Maze District C) Confluence D) The Needles District
A) Mitt Romney B) Orrin Hatch C) Frank Moss D) Mike Lee
A) Six B) Four C) Five D) Three
A) Forests and lakes B) Canyons, mesas, and buttes C) Mountains and glaciers D) Deserts and oases
A) Edward Abbey B) Frank Moss C) Stewart Udall D) Bates Wilson
A) Provo, Utah B) Salt Lake City, Utah C) Moab, Utah D) Park City, Utah
A) A visit to Arches National Monument B) A flight over the Confluence where the Colorado and Green rivers meet C) A hike through the Maze District D) A meeting with Bates Wilson
A) Needles B) Confluence C) Island in the Sky D) The Maze District
A) Secretary of the Interior B) Superintendent of Arches National Monument C) Senator D) President
A) Pub. L. 85–500 B) Pub. L. 95–200 C) Pub. L. 90–100 D) Pub. L. 88–590
A) To promote tourism in Utah B) To satisfy both nature preservationists' and commercial developers' interests C) To establish a new state park D) To create a national monument
A) Island in the Sky B) Confluence C) Maze D) Needles
A) Since 2020 B) Since 1999 C) Since 2015 D) Since 2007
A) 911,594 B) 900,000 C) 800,000 D) 750,000
A) Colorado River Road B) Maze Loop Road C) Green River Road D) White Rim Road
A) 76.7 percent B) 80 percent C) 60 percent D) 50 percent
A) 10 percent B) 20.7 percent C) 76.7 percent D) About 1.5 percent
A) Managed water levels B) Consistent water flow C) No large impoundment above, flow determined by snowmelt D) Artificial rapids
A) Plateau formations B) Graben geology C) Volcanic activity D) Glacial valleys
A) No restrictions on hunting B) Regulated hunting season C) Hunting allowed with permits D) Strict no-hunting policy
A) Three B) Four C) Two D) Five
A) Rocky Canyon B) Ancient Canyon C) Pictograph Canyon D) Barrier Canyon
A) In the early 1800s B) After 1540 AD C) Before 2000 BC D) During the Late Archaic Period
A) Black bears B) Desert cottontails C) Cougars D) Bobcats
A) Exactly 200 species B) Over 300 species C) At least 273 species D) Less than 150 species
A) Eurasian eagle-owl B) Barn owl C) Snowy owl D) Great horned owl
A) Giant salamander, hellbender, Japanese giant salamander B) Axolotl, red-eyed tree frog, fire salamander C) Caecilian, African clawed frog, poison dart frog D) Red-spotted toad, Woodhouse's toad, American bullfrog, northern leopard frog
A) Red-tailed hawk B) Peregrine falcon C) Swainson's hawk D) Northern harrier
A) Flamingo B) Cooper's hawk C) Stork D) Osprey
A) Utah juniper B) Palm trees C) Russian olive D) Netleaf hackberry
A) Mediterranean climate B) Cold semi-arid climate (BSk) C) Humid continental climate D) Tropical rainforest climate
A) 15 inches (380 mm) B) 5 inches (127 mm) C) Less than 10 inches (250 millimetres) D) 20 inches (510 mm)
A) 32.9 °F B) 35.4 °F C) 25.8 °F D) 29.6 °F
A) 107 °F (42 °C) B) 105 °F (41 °C) C) 90.8 °F (32.7 °C) D) 95.4 °F (35.2 °C)
A) October 2006 B) January 16, 1971 C) April 9, 1978 D) September 17, 1999
A) 8.49 inches (216 mm) B) 4.25 inches (108 mm) C) 11.19 inches (284 mm) D) 9.33 inches (237 mm)
A) 1969 B) 1975 C) 1989 D) 2006
A) 47.4 inches (120 cm) B) 39.3 inches (100 cm) C) 14.4 inches (37 cm) D) 22.8 inches (58 cm)
A) Tamarisk B) Pinyon pine C) Fremont's cottonwood D) Oak trees
A) 250,000 acre⋅ft (308,000,000 m3) B) 200,000 acre⋅ft (246,000,000 m3) C) 400,000 acre⋅ft (493,000,000 m3) D) 300,000 acre⋅ft (370,000,000 m3)
A) $30,000 B) $35,000 C) $25,000 D) $40,000
A) $70,000 B) $61,000 C) $55,000 D) $50,000
A) Environmental Protection Agency B) Department of Agriculture C) US Geological Survey D) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A) Expanding park boundaries B) Conserving biodiversity C) Developing new facilities D) Increasing visitor numbers
A) Potential food shortages for wildlife B) Increased snowfall in winter C) Expansion of aquatic habitats D) Reduction in visitor numbers
A) Organ Rock Shale deposits. B) Moenkopi Formation layers. C) Cedar Mesa Sandstone formations. D) Thick evaporite deposits.
A) The Honaker Trail Formation. B) The Navajo Sandstone. C) The Elephant Canyon Formation. D) The Wingate Sandstone.
A) The Laramide orogeny. B) Canyonlands region uplift. C) White Rim Sandstone. D) Upheaval Dome, a salt dome.
A) Tectonic plate movement. B) A meteorite impact. C) River erosion. D) Volcanic activity.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Navajo Sandstone. C) The Moenkopi Formation. D) The Halgaito Shale.
A) The Kayenta Formation. B) The Chinle Formation. C) The Cedar Mesa Sandstone. D) The Cutler red beds.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Organ Rock Shale. C) The White Rim Sandstone. D) The Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
A) Cutler red beds. B) Organ Rock Shale. C) White Rim Sandstone. D) Cedar Mesa Sandstone.
A) The Moenkopi Formation. B) The Chinle Formation. C) The Navajo Sandstone. D) The Wingate Sandstone.
A) Flood plains forming the Moenkopi Formation. B) Mud flats forming the Carmel Formation. C) Sand dunes that became the Wingate Sandstone. D) Coastal sand bars becoming the White Rim Sandstone.
A) The Navajo Sandstone. B) The Kayenta Formation. C) The Carmel Formation. D) The Wingate Sandstone.
A) The Wingate Sandstone. B) The Kayenta Formation. C) The Carmel Formation. D) The Navajo Sandstone.
A) The Navajo Sandstone. B) The Wingate Sandstone. C) The Entrada Sandstone. D) The Carmel Formation.
A) The Laramide orogeny. B) The formation of the Paradox Formation. C) The deposition of the Moenkopi Formation. D) The retreat of the Permian sea.
A) The Chinle Formation. B) The Wingate Sandstone. C) The White Rim Sandstone. D) The Grabens.
A) The Pleistocene ice ages. B) The Pennsylvanian period. C) The Triassic period. D) The Permian period. |