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Indiana Dunes National Park - Quiz
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  • 1. Which ecoregion is Indiana Dunes National Park located in?
A) Temperate coniferous forest
B) Central forest-grasslands transition
C) Desert
D) Tropical rainforest
  • 2. What potential vegetation type is associated with Indiana Dunes National Park according to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. Potential natural vegetation Types?
A) Savanna (30)
B) Tropical Rainforest (75)
C) Pine/Spruce (50)
D) Oak/Hickory (100)
  • 3. Which of the following is a federally listed threatened or endangered plant species found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Rose
B) Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
C) Daisy
D) Tulip
  • 4. Which animal is a federally threatened species found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Gray wolf
B) Grizzly bear
C) Bald eagle
D) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
  • 5. How many bird species have been observed by the Indiana Audubon in or migrating through Indiana Dunes as of 2023?
A) 100
B) Nearly 370
C) 500
D) 250
  • 6. Which two species began returning to Indiana Dunes National Park in 2011 and 2018 respectively?
A) Bald eagle and red fox
B) Piping plover and rufa Red knot
C) Grizzly bear and gray wolf
D) North American river otter and bobcat
  • 7. What type of forest is Indiana Dunes National Park's potential vegetation form?
A) Tropical rainforest
B) Savanna
C) Boreal forest
D) Eastern Hardwood forest (Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest)
  • 8. Which of the following is a state threatened or endangered plant species in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) White baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
B) Sunflower
C) Lily
D) Rosemary
  • 9. Which of the following is a federally endangered bird species found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Eagle
B) Sparrow
C) Robin
D) Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
  • 10. What is the estimated population range for each plant group of rare species in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 10-20 individual plants
B) 100–120 individual plants
C) 500-600 individual plants
D) 200-300 individual plants
  • 11. Which of the following is a common summer flowering plant in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Rose
B) Tulip
C) Daisy
D) Goldenrod (11 varieties)
  • 12. How many species of vascular plants does Indiana Dunes National Park have, ranking it among the units of the National Park System?
A) More than 1,400 species
B) 500 species
C) 800 species
D) 2,000 species
  • 13. Which federally threatened reptile is found in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Komodo dragon
B) Eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)
C) Green sea turtle
D) American alligator
  • 14. Which of the following mammals is known to inhabit Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Panda
B) Elephant
C) Kangaroo
D) White-tailed deer
  • 15. What type of habitat does Indiana Dunes National Park provide for the bald eagle?
A) Unsuitable habitat
B) Limited habitat
C) No habitat
D) Suitable habitat
  • 16. According to the Köppen climate classification system, what type of climate does Indiana Dunes National Park have?
A) Desert climate
B) Mediterranean climate
C) Hot summer Humid continental climate (Dfa)
D) Tropical rainforest climate
  • 17. What is the plant hardiness zone at Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 6a
B) 5b
C) 4c
D) 7a
  • 18. What is the average annual extreme minimum temperature at Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 15.0 °F (-9.4 °C)
B) -9.4 °F (-23.0 °C)
C) 32.0 °F (0.0 °C)
D) -20.0 °F (-29.0 °C)
  • 19. What weather-related condition during winter can pose a threat to visitors at Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Blizzards
B) Tornadoes
C) Heatwaves
D) Shelf ice
  • 20. What is shelf ice and why can it be dangerous?
A) Ice pushed from Lake Michigan onto beaches that can build into ridges with air pockets, making walking hazardous.
B) Frozen rain forming on trees
C) Thin ice covering small ponds
D) A type of snowfall unique to the region
  • 21. During which period was the Lake Michigan Basin formed?
A) Holocene Epoch
B) Wisconsin Glacial Period
C) Pleistocene Epoch
D) Cretaceous Period
  • 22. What is the dominant geologic form that created the landscape of Indiana Dunes?
A) Calumet Shoreline
B) Valparaiso Moraine
C) Lake Border Moraine
D) Tinley Moraine
  • 23. How many major glacial lake periods created the Indiana Dunes?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 24. Name one of the four major glacial lakes that contributed to the formation of the Indiana Dunes.
A) Lake Huron
B) Glacial Lake Chicago
C) Lake Superior
D) Lake Erie
  • 25. What natural process transports sand southward along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan?
A) Longshore drift
B) Wind deposition
C) River erosion
D) Glacial movement
  • 26. What forms when littoral currents encounter streams bringing water from inland along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan?
A) Volcanic islands
B) Canyons
C) Sandbars pointing down current
D) Cliffs
  • 27. What is the oldest visible shoreline of Lake Michigan in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Glenwood Shoreline
B) Valparaiso Shoreline
C) Tolleston Shoreline
D) Calumet Shoreline
  • 28. What geographical feature forms the western border to the dunes in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) Wolf Lake
B) Lake Michigan
C) Little Calumet River
D) Indiana River
  • 29. Who signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 that included the redesignation?
A) Representative Pete Visclosky
B) Senator Todd Young
C) Deputy Director Paul Daniel Smith
D) President Donald Trump
  • 30. Which creek is a northwards-flowing stream that drains into Lake Michigan?
A) Trail Creek
B) Salt Creek
C) East Arm Little Calumet River
D) Dunes Creek
  • 31. Into which waterway does the East Arm Little Calumet River get diverted before reaching Lake Michigan?
A) Salt Creek
B) Port of Indiana-Burns Waterway
C) Dunes Creek
D) Trail Creek
  • 32. Which creek begins south of Valparaiso, Indiana and flows north to join the East Arm Little Calumet River?
A) East Arm Little Calumet River
B) Dunes Creek
C) Trail Creek
D) Salt Creek
  • 33. In what year was Indiana Dunes National Park authorized by Congress?
A) 2000
B) 1985
C) 1966
D) 2019
  • 34. When was the park redesignated as a national park?
A) February 15, 2019
B) July 4, 2017
C) December 31, 2020
D) January 1, 2018
  • 35. What industrial facility is located on the western edge of the eastern area of the park?
A) General Motors assembly line
B) Nucor Steel mill
C) Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant
D) Ford Motor Company factory
  • 36. What is located to the west of the Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant?
A) South Beach
B) North Beach
C) East Beach
D) West Beach
  • 37. What is the southern boundary of the western area of Indiana Dunes National Park along Lake Michigan?
A) I-65
B) I-90
C) U.S. 12
D) I-80
  • 38. Which county is home to Pinhook Bog, an outlying area of the park?
A) Lake County
B) St. Joseph County
C) LaPorte County
D) Porter County
  • 39. Which preserve is located in Lake County?
A) Cleveland-Cliffs Nature Reserve
B) Heron Rookery
C) Pinhook Bog
D) Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve
  • 40. What was the earliest recorded name of a settler in Indiana Dunes?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) Joseph Bailly
C) Lewis Cass
D) John Smith
  • 41. Which century saw the return of native villages in the dunes area?
A) 18th century
B) 20th century
C) 19th century
D) 17th century
  • 42. Who published an article on the unique flora of the dunes in the Botanical Gazette?
A) Dorothy Richardson Buell
B) Stephen Mather
C) Paul H. Douglas
D) Henry Chandler Cowles
  • 43. In what year did Stephen Mather hold hearings on a 'Sand Dunes National Park'?
A) 1926
B) 1966
C) 1899
D) 1916
  • 44. What was the sand from the Hoosier Slide used for?
A) Agricultural fertilizer
B) Glass manufacture
C) Road paving
D) Building construction
  • 45. What is the name of the well-known canning jars produced using Hoosier Slide sand?
A) 'Hemingray Blue' insulators
B) 'Lake Shore Red' bottles
C) 'Dunes Green' containers
D) 'Ball Blue' canning jars
  • 46. When did Indiana Dunes State Park open?
A) 1926
B) 1916
C) 1899
D) 1966
  • 47. Who led the Congressional effort to save the dunes?
A) Hazel Hannell
B) Dorothy Richardson Buell
C) Stephen Mather
D) Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas
  • 48. How many invasive plant species are there in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) 75
B) 25
C) 100
D) 54
  • 49. In which month and year was a rare Arctic three-toed woodpecker captured near Dune Park Station?
A) October 1920
B) April 1920
C) May 1919
D) June 1921
  • 50. What was one Arctic three-toed woodpecker doing when it was captured?
A) Eating seeds
B) Digging out grubs
C) Flying from tree to tree
D) Building a nest
  • 51. In which month and year was a clay-colored sparrow found near Dune Park?
A) June 1918
B) April 1917
C) May 1919
D) October 1920
  • 52. What type of birds was the clay-colored sparrow migrating with?
A) Red-tailed hawks
B) Arctic three-toed woodpeckers
C) Clay-colored finches
D) Harris's sparrows
  • 53. How many students participated in BioBlitz 2009?
A) 20,000
B) 2,000
C) 500
D) 5,000
  • 54. Who stated that 890 species had been inventoried during BioBlitz 2009?
A) John Francis
B) The National Park Service director
C) A volunteer participant
D) Indiana Department of Natural Resources representative
  • 55. Which organization owns the southern half of Calumet Prairie?
A) Private landowners
B) Indiana Department of Natural Resources
C) Local government
D) The National Park Service
  • 56. What is one method used in the restoration of the Great Marsh?
A) Draining additional areas
B) Introducing non-native plants
C) Plugging culverts
D) Building new ditches
  • 57. What is no longer a feature of the Heron Rookery?
A) Great blue heron nests
B) Wildflowers in spring
C) Hardwood forest
D) Access from County Road 600 East
  • 58. What trail provides access to an overlook on Lake George?
A) The Cowles Bog Walk
B) The Great Marsh Trail
C) The Hobart Woodland trail
D) The Heron Rookery Pathway
  • 59. How long is the Oak Savannah rail trail?
A) 5 miles (8 km)
B) 3 miles (4.8 km)
C) 9 miles (14 km)
D) 12 miles (19 km)
  • 60. How many acres does Hoosier Prairie cover?
A) 300 acres
B) 170 hectares
C) 430 acres
D) 500 acres
  • 61. What is typically found in the swales of Miller Woods?
A) Grasslands
B) Deserts
C) Forests
D) Ponds or marshes
  • 62. What does 'mno' mean in the name Mnoké Prairie?
A) Good
B) Water
C) Sky
D) Earth
  • 63. How is 'ké' pronounced in Mnoké Prairie's name?
A) Like the word 'key'
B) Like the word 'car'
C) Like the word 'cake'
D) Like the word 'cat' without the 't'
  • 64. Where is the Mnoké Prairie parking lot located?
A) Near Griffith, Indiana
B) At Miller Beach
C) On Beam Street
D) On Lake Street
  • 65. What is the height of Mount Baldy?
A) 123 feet (37 m)
B) 200 feet (60 m)
C) 150 feet (45 m)
D) 100 feet (30 m)
  • 66. What is Mount Baldy commonly referred to as due to its movement?
A) "Eternal dune"
B) "Living dune"
C) "Static dune"
D) "Frozen dune"
  • 67. How can visitors access Pinhook Bog?
A) Via self-guided trails
B) On a bicycle tour
C) Through ranger-led guided tours
D) By hiking alone
  • 68. In what year was the Bailly Homestead established?
A) 1835
B) 1800
C) 1850
D) 1822
  • 69. When was the Bailly Homestead designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark?
A) 1962
B) 1950
C) 1975
D) 1980
  • 70. When was Rose Howe buried in the Bailly Cemetery?
A) 1916
B) 1920
C) 1917
D) 1914
  • 71. In which year was the Century of Progress Architectural District listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1977
B) 1941
C) The text does not specify the exact year.
D) 1933
  • 72. How many buildings are in the Century of Progress Architectural District?
A) Seven
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Five
  • 73. In what year was the Good Fellow Club Youth Camp established?
A) 1933
B) 1941
C) 1977
D) 1950
  • 74. Until which year did the Good Fellow Club Youth Camp serve children from Gary?
A) 1945
B) 1977
C) 1965
D) 1980
  • 75. Where was the main lodge located at the Good Fellow Club Youth Camp?
A) By the lake shore
B) Atop a rise
C) Next to the tent cabins
D) Near the entrance of the camp
  • 76. What is unique about the Singing Sands in Indiana Dunes National Park?
A) They emit a bright glow at night.
B) They are completely silent.
C) They are noted for their distinctive sound when walked upon.
D) They change color with the seasons.
  • 77. When was the Lake Michigan Water Trail designated a National Recreation Trail?
A) 2011
B) 2015
C) 2007
D) 2019
  • 78. In which year did the Porter Brickyard Trail open?
A) 2015
B) 2012
C) 2009
D) 2017
  • 79. Where do children meet with a ranger for Kids' Fun at the Visitor Center?
A) South Shore Line
B) Paul H. Douglas Center
C) Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center
D) Miller Woods
  • 80. When is Kids' Fun at the Visitor Center held?
A) On select Saturdays
B) During spring and fall only
C) Every Sunday afternoon
D) Every weekday morning
  • 81. Who is an artist associated with the Indiana Dunes?
A) Lee Botts
B) Frank V. Dudley
C) Edwin Way Teale
D) George Cressey
  • 82. Which landscape architect is linked to the Indiana Dunes?
A) George Cressey
B) Jens Jensen
C) Frank V. Dudley
D) May Theilgaard Watts
  • 83. Who wrote a doctoral dissertation on the 'A Study of Indiana Sand Dunes'?
A) Frank V. Dudley
B) Edwin Way Teale
C) George Cressey
D) Jens Jensen
  • 84. Who is known as 'Diana of the Dunes'?
A) Alice Gray
B) Frank V. Dudley
C) May Theilgaard Watts
D) Edwin Way Teale
  • 85. Which naturalist is associated with Indiana Dunes?
A) Jens Jensen
B) George Cressey
C) Edwin Way Teale
D) Alice Gray
  • 86. Who is recognized for their efforts in preservation at the Indiana Dunes?
A) Jens Jensen
B) Frank V. Dudley
C) Lee Botts
D) May Theilgaard Watts
  • 87. What type of organization is the DNPA?
A) Nonprofit
B) Private corporation
C) Governmental
D) Educational institution
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