A) Marine sediments and igneous rock B) Tectonic plates C) Metamorphosed sandstones, phyllites, schists, and slate D) Granite and limestone
A) Cambrian sedimentary rocks B) Marine sediments C) Ocoee Supergroup rocks D) Precambrian gneiss and schists
A) The expansion of the primordial ocean B) The accumulation of eroding land mass onto the continental shelf C) The collision of the North American and African tectonic plates during the Ordovician period D) The advance of subarctic glaciers
A) The bottom of the foothills to the northwest B) Upper Tuckasegee River C) Cades Cove D) Raven Fork valley
A) Spruce-fir forests B) Tundra vegetation C) Deciduous forests D) Grasslands
A) Tectonic plate boundaries B) Large blockfields at the base of large mountain slopes C) Sedimentary rock layers D) Marine sediments
A) Metamorphic gneiss B) Younger rocks made out of limestone C) Older rocks made out of sandstone D) Granite
A) The Cenozoic era B) The Paleozoic era C) The Precambrian era D) The Mesozoic era
A) The creation of limestone coves B) The deposition of marine sediments C) The formation of the Appalachian range D) Colder mean annual temperatures and an increase in precipitation throughout the range
A) Marine sediments B) Cambrian sedimentary rocks C) Ocoee Supergroup rocks D) Metamorphic gneiss, granite, and schist
A) The accumulation of eroding land mass onto the continental shelf B) The collision of tectonic plates C) The advance of glaciers D) The deposition of marine sediments
A) The Pigeon River B) The Little Tennessee River C) The Little River D) The Oconaluftee River
A) Rainbow Falls B) Grotto Falls C) Abrams Falls D) Laurel Falls
A) Fontana Dam B) Cheoah Dam C) Calderwood Dam D) Chilhowee Dam
A) Cosby Creek B) Hazel Creek C) Raven Fork D) Eagle Creek
A) 3,500 miles B) 5,000 miles C) 4,700 kilometers D) 2,900 miles
A) Laurel Falls B) Grotto Falls C) Rainbow Falls D) Ramsey Cascades
A) Oconaluftee River B) Eagle Creek C) Raven Fork D) Hazel Creek
A) 80 feet B) 100 feet C) 110 feet D) 90 feet
A) Cades Cove Historic District B) Roaring Fork Historic District C) Mingus Mill Historic District D) Elkmont Historic District
A) The Little Tennessee River B) The Little River C) The Pigeon River D) The Oconaluftee River
A) Raven Fork B) Cosby Creek C) Eagle Creek D) Hazel Creek
A) 50 B) 150 C) 75 D) More than 100
A) Smoky Mountain Hiking Club cabin B) Mingus Mill C) Mountain Farm Museum D) Alex Cole Cabin
A) Roaring Fork B) Eagle Creek C) Cosby Creek D) Raven Fork
A) 100 feet B) 90 feet C) 80 feet D) 70 feet
A) Smoky Mountain Hiking Club cabin B) Mingus Mill C) Mountain Farm Museum D) Oconaluftee Baptist Church
A) Laurel Falls B) Hen Wallow Falls C) Abrams Falls D) Grotto Falls
A) Cades Cove Historic District B) Roaring Fork Historic District C) Elkmont Historic District D) No specific district is mentioned for Cataloochee buildings
A) Oconaluftee River B) Cosby Creek C) Little Pigeon River D) Raven Fork
A) Raven Fork B) Cosby Creek C) Roaring Fork D) Hazel Creek
A) The Sierra Nevada B) The Cascade Range C) The Blue Ridge Mountains D) The Rocky Mountains
A) Clingmans Dome B) Kuwohi C) Mount Le Conte D) Mount Guyot
A) 16 B) 12 C) 10 D) 6
A) Kuwohi B) Mount Le Conte C) Clingmans Dome D) Mount Guyot
A) Cades Cove B) The Sugarlands C) Greenbrier D) Ocanaluftee
A) Mount Guyot B) Kuwohi C) Clingmans Dome D) Mount Le Conte
A) The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians B) The Plott Balsams C) The Bald Mountains D) The Unicoi Mountains
A) 1988 B) 1940 C) 1983 D) 1934
A) Natchez Trace B) Pacific Crest Trail C) Continental Divide Trail D) Appalachian Trail
A) International Biosphere Reserve B) World Heritage Site C) Global Geopark D) Natural World Heritage Site
A) 500,000 acres B) 700,000 acres C) 600,000 acres D) 522,419 acres
A) State Route 73 B) Interstate 40 C) U.S. Highway 19 D) U.S. Highway 441 (Newfound Gap Road)
A) Boreal forest B) Desert forest C) Tropical rainforest D) Appalachian temperate rainforest
A) 2019 B) 2025 C) 2023 D) 2020
A) Universal Studios B) Dollywood C) Six Flags Over Texas D) Graceland
A) 5b B) 4c C) 7b D) 6a
A) 20 °F (-6 °C) B) -10 °F (-23 °C) C) 32 °F (0 °C) D) -14.3 °F (-25.7 °C)
A) La Niña B) El Niño C) Orographic lift D) Monsoon winds
A) Knoxville B) Chattanooga C) Gatlinburg D) Asheville
A) Moderately polluted B) Unpolluted C) One of the least polluted national parks D) The most polluted national park
A) Strong winds B) Earthquakes C) Heavy rain after orographic lift D) Drought conditions
A) 6,500 ft (1,981 m) B) 5,048 ft (1,539 m) C) 7,000 ft (2,134 m) D) 3,000 ft (914 m)
A) Heatwaves B) Strong thunderstorms C) Cold fronts D) Light drizzle
A) About 50 percent. B) Nearly 75 percent. C) Approximately 95 percent. D) Less than 10 percent.
A) Cactus and desert shrubs. B) Coniferous trees like pine and spruce. C) Bamboo and tropical plants. D) Deciduous leafy trees.
A) It was planted by early settlers. B) It includes many trees that predate European settlement. C) It consists entirely of non-native species. D) It covers less than 5 percent of the park.
A) Heath balds. B) Grassy balds. C) Desert balds. D) Mixed oak-pine forests.
A) 101 species. B) 200 species. C) 500 species. D) 50 species.
A) More than 1,000 species. B) Less than 100 species. C) Over 490 species. D) Exactly 300 species.
A) Yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis) B) Mountain maple (Acer spicatum) C) Silverbells (Halesia carolina) D) Cucumber magnolia (Magnolia acuminata)
A) Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) B) Coneflower C) Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) D) Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
A) Smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) B) Rugels ragwort C) Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) D) Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
A) White basswood (Tilia heterophylla) B) Yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava) C) Silverbells (Halesia carolina) D) American beech (Fagus grandifolia)
A) Bloodroot B) Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) C) Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) D) Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
A) High winds B) Lack of sunlight C) Unknown D) Soil acidity
A) temperate rainforest B) deciduous forest C) "boreal" or "Canadian" forest D) alpine tundra
A) white pine B) red spruce C) Fraser fir D) hemlock
A) thornless blackberry B) catawba rhododendron C) mountain ash D) hobblebush
A) Sun-loving flowering plants. B) Shade-tolerant plants such as ferns. C) Grasses and sedges. D) Aquatic plants.
A) Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) B) Cedar C) Pine D) Maple
A) Mountain laurel B) Rosebay rhododendron C) Flame azalea D) Catawba rhododendron
A) Dutchman's breeches B) Rosebay rhododendron C) Solomon's seal D) Bee balm
A) Big brown bat B) Indiana bat C) Eastern pipistrelle D) Little brown bat
A) Raccoon B) American black bear C) Elk D) White-tailed deer
A) Bobcats B) Elk C) White-tailed deer D) Raccoons
A) Tree kangaroo B) Bandicoot C) Virginia opossum D) Kangaroo rat
A) Nearly 120 B) Less than 50 C) Over 200 D) About 90
A) Raven B) Peregrine falcon C) Red-eyed vireo D) Bald eagle
A) Wild turkey B) Ruby-throated hummingbird C) Tufted titmouse D) Black-capped chickadee
A) Northern parula B) Wood thrush C) Red-tailed hawks D) Ruby-throated hummingbird
A) Snowy owl B) Barred owl C) Barn owl D) Great horned owl
A) Red-cheeked salamander B) Shovelnose salamander C) Eastern red-spotted newt D) Blackbelly salamander
A) 30 B) 10 C) 15 D) 21
A) Timber rattlesnake B) Corn snake C) Black rat snake D) Copperhead
A) Brown trout B) Rainbow trout C) Brook trout D) Atlantic salmon
A) Monarch butterfly B) Dragonfly C) Photinus carolinus firefly D) Honeybee
A) Moths B) Spiders C) Butterflies D) Bees
A) 12 B) 15 C) 10 D) 8
A) 5 people per night B) 12 people per night C) 50 people per night D) 24 people per night
A) Fishing, especially fly fishing B) Bicycling C) Water tubing D) Horseback riding
A) 10,000 years B) 8,000 years C) 14,000 years D) 5,000 years
A) Atagahi B) Kuwohi C) Shaconage D) Tsitsuyi
A) Chilhowee B) Oconaluftee C) Kittowa D) Tallassee
A) Tallassee B) Chota C) Kittowa D) Tanasi
A) The Cherokee B) The French C) The British D) The Spanish
A) General John Sevier B) General Griffith Rutherford C) General George Washington D) General Andrew Jackson
A) 1821 B) 1805 C) 1776 D) 1838
A) William Holland Thomas B) Griffith Rutherford C) Andrew Jackson D) John Sevier
A) 1810s B) 1790s C) 1770s D) 1850s |