A) Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology B) Great Plains grasslands C) Rocky Mountain ecosystems D) Appalachian forests
A) Rio Grande/Río Bravo B) Red River C) Mississippi River D) Colorado River
A) Sierra Nevada B) Chisos Mountains C) Rocky Mountains D) Appalachian Mountains
A) 5,000 feet (1,524 m) B) 8,500 feet (2,591 m) C) 6,500 feet (1,981 m) D) 7,832 feet (2,387 m)
A) Hot arid (BWh) B) Humid subtropical C) Oceanic D) Mediterranean
A) Ponderosa pine B) Redwood C) Chisos oak (Quercus graciliformis) D) Douglas fir
A) Apache B) Pueblo C) Navajo D) Chisos Indians
A) They established trade routes through the park. B) They began invading the region around the early 18th century. C) They lived peacefully with the Chisos Indians. D) They were allies of the Spanish settlers.
A) To promote agricultural development B) To protect the northern frontier of New Spain C) To explore new territories for settlement D) To establish trade with Native American tribes
A) Mexican cavalry units B) Native American warriors C) Spanish conquistadors D) African American soldiers
A) A raid on Glenn Springs B) A border skirmish near Presidio C) An attack on Fort Davis D) A mining dispute at Terlingua
A) Santa Elena B) Mariscal C) Grand Canyon D) Boquillas
A) Petrified wood B) Sea fossils and dinosaur bones C) Ice age mammals D) Mammoth tusks
A) Chihuahua and Coahuila B) Nayarit and Jalisco C) Baja California and Baja California Sur D) Sonora and Sinaloa
A) 750,000 acres (3,037.5 km²) B) 801,163 acres (3,242.2 km²) C) 500,000 acres (2,023.5 km²) D) 900,000 acres (3,645.8 km²)
A) Treaty of Paris B) Treaty of Versailles C) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) D) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A) 1935 B) 1949 C) 1933 D) 1944
A) 400,000 B) 450,000 C) 300,000 D) 377,154
A) Marathon orogeny B) Laramide orogeny C) Chihuahua trough event D) Paleozoic Marathon event
A) Chihuahua trough formation B) Cretaceous rifting C) Marathon orogeny effects D) Laramide orogeny effects
A) Late Cretaceous B) Paleozoic C) Middle Cenozoic D) Neogene to Quaternary
A) Lindsey Graham B) Marco Rubio C) Ted Cruz D) John Cornyn
A) Texas Canyons State Park B) Big Bend National Park C) Chisos Mountains State Park D) Rio Grande State Park
A) Neogene to Quaternary B) Marathon orogeny C) Laramide orogeny D) Cretaceous rifting
A) Laramide orogeny uplifts B) East-west striking normal faulting C) Cretaceous rifting D) Marathon orogeny effects
A) Agricultural farming lifestyle B) Nomadic, hunting-and-gathering lifestyle C) Sedentary trading lifestyle D) Maritime fishing lifestyle
A) Over 2,000 species B) More than 1,200 species C) About 500 species D) Less than 800 species
A) An insect B) A bird species (Geococcyx californianus) C) A mammal D) A reptile
A) Exactly 100 sightings B) Less than 50 sightings C) About 150 sightings D) Over 300 sightings
A) Wildflowers are in full bloom, including bluebonnets B) No significant changes occur C) Only cacti bloom D) Most plants remain dormant
A) Barnum Brown's finch B) Northern tufted flycatcher C) Colima warbler D) Roland Bird's sparrow
A) Early March B) Mid-April C) Late May D) Early June
A) April 2000 B) November 1991 C) June 1985 D) September 1978
A) Johan Udden B) Barnum Brown C) The Works Progress Administration D) Roland 'R.T.' Bird
A) Tyrannosaurus rex B) Velociraptor C) Alamosaurus, a giant sauropod D) Triceratops
A) 2017 B) 1990 C) 1941 D) 1957
A) A large hippo-like animal that lived during the Eocene B) A small rodent from the Pleistocene C) A marine reptile D) An early bird species
A) 83-72 million years ago B) After 66 million years ago C) 67–66 million years ago D) 72–67 million years ago
A) Pteranodon B) Dimorphodon C) Quetzalcoatlus D) Rhamphorhynchus
A) The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event B) The Triassic-Jurassic extinction event C) The Permian-Triassic extinction event D) The Jurassic-Cretaceous transition
A) Marufo Vega trail B) Chimneys Trail C) South Rim trail D) Outer Mountain Loop trail
A) 200 miles B) 50 miles C) 75 miles D) 118 miles
A) 2002 B) June 2009 C) September 11, 2001 D) April 2013
A) 23 miles B) 21 miles C) 28 miles D) 30 miles
A) 1996 B) 2018 C) 2005 D) 2012
A) Platinum Tier B) Silver Tier C) Gold Tier D) Bronze Tier
A) Terlingua B) Big Bend National Park headquarters C) Panther Junction area D) Alpine
A) 2010 B) 1996 C) 1985 D) 2000 |