A) 2011 B) 2016 C) 2005 D) 1988
A) John Bezy B) Steve Buckley C) Will C. Barnes D) Lary M. Dilsaver
A) The University of Arizona Press B) National Park Service C) Sonoran Desert Network D) Arizona Geological Society
A) 978-0-8165-1074-0 B) OCLC 912308073 C) 978-1-892001-22-1 D) Not available
A) 'Common Plants of Saguaro National Park' B) 'Explore the Waters of Saguaro National Park: A Story Map' C) 'Joshua Tree National Park: A History of Preserving the Desert' by Lary M. Dilsaver D) 'A Guide to the Geology of Saguaro National Park'
A) Steve Buckley B) Lary M. Dilsaver C) John Bezy D) Will C. Barnes
A) Map B) PDF C) Online Article D) Book
A) February 11, 2017 B) May 17, 2017 C) August 9, 2017 D) March 2015
A) 'Explore the Waters of Saguaro National Park: A Story Map' B) 'Joshua Tree National Park: A History of Preserving the Desert' C) 'A Guide to the Geology of Saguaro National Park' D) 'Common Plants of Saguaro National Park'
A) 978-0-8165-1074-0 B) OCLC 912308073 C) 978-1-892001-22-1 D) Not available
A) 'Explore the Waters of Saguaro National Park: A Story Map' B) 'Joshua Tree National Park: A History of Preserving the Desert' C) 'A Guide to the Geology of Saguaro National Park' D) 'Common Plants of Saguaro National Park'
A) The University of Arizona Press B) Esri C) Arizona Geological Society D) National Park Service
A) May 17, 2017 B) July 9, 2017 C) August 9, 2017 D) February 11, 2017
A) Hot semi-arid climate (BSh) B) Tropical rainforest C) Mediterranean D) Humid subtropical
A) 8a B) 7b C) 9b D) 10a
A) Cactus Forest Visitor Center B) Tucson Mountain Visitor Center C) Saguaro West Visitor Center D) Rincon Mountain Visitor Center
A) Droughts and heatwaves B) Hurricanes and tornadoes C) Lightning, dust storms, and flash floods D) Blizzards and hailstorms
A) Desalination plants B) Artificial reservoirs C) Snowmelt from higher elevations D) River inflows from nearby cities
A) About 4 °F (2 C) B) About 2 °F (1.1 C) C) About 10 °F (5.6 C) D) About 8 °F (4.4 C)
A) About 30 million years B) About 70 million years C) About 1.7 billion years D) About 600 million years
A) At Grants Pass in the Tucson Mountain District B) Along a dry wash off Cactus Forest Loop Drive in the Rincon Mountain District C) In the Tucson Mountain District near Sus Picnic Area D) Along the Ruiz Trail
A) Pinal Schist B) 1.4-billion-year-old altered granites C) Breccia D) Limestone
A) The uplift of the Santa Catalina Mountains B) Volcanic eruptions formed mountains C) Shallow seas covered the region D) The formation of the Basin and Range Province
A) Limestone to make mortar B) Sandstone for sculptures C) Granite for construction D) Shale for roofing
A) Four B) Eight C) Six D) Ten
A) The Santa Catalina Mountains B) The Tucson Mountains C) The Rincon Mountains D) The Pinal Mountains
A) A plateau B) A rift valley C) A canyon D) A caldera
A) 20 miles (32 km) B) 6 miles (10 km) C) 8 miles (13 km) D) 12 miles (19 km)
A) The Basin and Range Province B) The Appalachian Province C) The Rocky Mountain Province D) The Sierra Nevada Province
A) About 70 million years ago B) About 30 million years ago C) About 50 million years ago D) About 10 million years ago
A) 6 to 8 miles (10 to 13 km) B) 12 to 15 miles (19 to 24 km) C) 20 to 25 miles (32 to 40 km) D) 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km)
A) 16 to 22 miles (26 to 35 km) east-northeast B) 25 to 30 miles (40 to 48 km) south-southeast C) 5 to 8 miles (8 to 13 km) north-northeast D) 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) west-southwest
A) Pinal Schist B) Limestone C) Banded gneiss known as Catalina gneiss D) Breccia
A) Along the Ruiz Trail B) Near Sus Picnic Area C) At Grants Pass D) At sites such as Javelina Rocks along the Cactus Forest Loop Drive
A) 67,000 acres (27,000 ha) B) 91,716 acres (37,116 ha) C) 71,000 acres (29,000 ha) D) 25,000 acres (10,000 ha)
A) Mica River B) Santa Cruz River C) Wasson River D) Rillito River
A) Mojave Desert B) Sonoran Desert C) Great Basin Desert D) Chihuahuan Desert
A) Tanque Verde Wash B) Rillito River C) Pantano Wash D) Santa Cruz River
A) Mountain peaks B) Smaller riparian zones C) Large valleys D) Desert plains
A) Pantano Wash B) Tanque Verde Wash C) Manning Camp D) Rincon Creek
A) Earthquake activity B) Glacial movement C) Crustal stretching D) Volcanic eruption
A) High biodiversity B) Minimal biodiversity C) Moderate biodiversity D) Low biodiversity
A) Mayans, Aztecs, Incas B) Hohokam, Sobaipuri, Tohono O'odham, Apaches C) Sioux, Cherokee, Iroquois D) Pueblo Indians, Navajo, Hopi
A) President Harry S. Truman B) President John F. Kennedy C) President Franklin D. Roosevelt D) President Herbert Hoover
A) 1961 B) 1970 C) 1955 D) 1980
A) 2010 B) 2000 C) 1985 D) 1994
A) Only in the Rincon Mountain District B) Near both districts C) Only in the Tucson Mountain District D) Outside of the park
A) River B) Valley C) Mountain D) Corner
A) English words meaning desert town B) Papago-Piman words meaning dark spring or brown spring C) Native American words meaning red rock D) Spanish words meaning sunny place
A) Prickly pears B) Cholla buds C) Saguaro fruit D) Palo verde pods
A) 1539–40 B) 1692 C) 1862 D) 1775
A) 1918 B) 1907 C) 1942 D) 1930
A) Rincon Mine B) San Xavier Mine C) Loma Verde Mine D) Mile Wide Mine
A) Silver B) Gold C) Copper D) None of the above (it produced both copper and gold)
A) 10,000 tons B) 50,000 tons C) 34,000 tons D) 20,000 tons
A) Until 1930 B) Until 1907 C) Until 1942 D) Until the mid-1970s
A) Exactly 300 B) Less than 100 C) More than 450 D) More than 60
A) More than 60 B) Less than 20 C) Exactly 30 D) More than 450
A) 1976 B) 1933 C) 1920 D) 1961
A) John F. Kennedy B) Stewart Udall C) Homer L. Shantz D) Frank Harris Hitchcock
A) 1976 B) 1933 C) 1961 D) 1928
A) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) B) National Park Service C) Tucson Game Protective Association D) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
A) 1961 B) 1994 C) 1950s D) 1933
A) Stewart Udall B) Homer L. Shantz C) Herbert Hoover D) Frank Harris Hitchcock
A) Tamarisk B) Buffelgrass C) Fountain grass D) Malta starthistle
A) 300 B) 450 C) 389 D) 500
A) 250 B) 197 C) 150 D) 300
A) Creosote bush scrub/Ragweed B) Oak/Juniper Woodland C) Bouteloua/Pleuraphis mutica Steppe D) Parkinsonia/Cactus
A) 30 B) 40 C) 15 D) 25
A) Javelinas B) Lesser long-nosed bat C) White-tailed deer D) Cougars
A) Cactus wren B) Vermilion flycatcher C) Raven D) Great horned owl
A) Hummingbird B) Roadrunner C) Whiskered screech owl D) Mexican spotted owl
A) 107 B) 30 C) 36 D) 29
A) Coral snake B) Short-horned lizard C) Diamondback rattlesnake D) Gila monster
A) 30 B) 36 C) 3 D) 107
A) Canyon tree frog B) Lowland leopard frog C) Desert tortoise D) Couch's spadefoot
A) Air pollution B) Urban sprawl C) Roadkill D) Light pollution
A) Oceans B) Lower-elevation valleys C) Rivers D) Deserts
A) Rachel Carson B) E.O. Wilson C) Charles Darwin D) Peter Warshall
A) Diagonal B) North–south C) East–west D) Circular
A) Highly varied B) Uniform C) Sedimentary only D) Volcanic only
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