National Parks

Formation

1.      Can you name the world's first and oldest national park?

a.   Yellowstone National Park

2.      Where is it?

a.   Wyoming, Montana and Idaho

3.      How did it get the name?

a.   Yellowstone River

4.      Which states the river runs through?

a.   Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota

5.      Which state has the most part of the Park?

a.   Wyoming – 96%

6.      When was the Yellowstone National Park established?

a.   In 1872

7.      Who was the President then?

a.   Ulysses S. Grant

8.      How was Yellowstone formed?

a.   Volcanic eruption about 600,000 years ago that formed the ancient volcanic caldera. It is the crater of a volcano.

9.      What makes Yellowstone so special?

a.   Geysers, Hot Springs, Fumaroles, Mudpots

10.  Can you name a famous Geyser?

a.   Old Faithful geyser

11.  Why is it called Faithful?

a.   Erupts every 91 minutes

12.  Which is the newest National Park?

a.   Pinnacles National Park, California formed in 2013

Distribution

1.      How many national parks in the US?

a.   59

2.      Which state the the most National Parks?

a.   California with 23

3.      Who was the last president of US from California?

a.   Ronald Reagan

4.      Which other Presidents were from California?

a.   Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon

5.      Do you know which US state has the most number of presidents?

a.   Ohio - 7

6.      Can you name a very famous landmark named after Herbert Hoover?

a.   Hoover Dam

7.      Where is Hoover Dam? Across which river?

a.   Between Arizona and Nevada

b.   Black Canyon on Colorado River

8.      Name some National parks in Arizona

a.   Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Saguaro

9.      Name from National parks in Nevada

a.   Death Valley, Great Basin,

10.  Which other state shares Death Valley with Nevada?

a.   California

11.  Which state has the least?

a.   Delaware with 0

12.  Name a vice president from Delaware

a.   Joe Biden

13.  Where was President Barack Obama born?

a.   Hawaii

14.  Name the volcanoes in Hawaii?

a.   Haleakala, Hawaii Volcanoes

15.  From which state was he a Senator before he became President

a.   Illinois

16.  Which City in Illinois?

a.   Chicago

17.  What is the nickname for Chicago?

a.   Windy City

18.  Airport Code of Chicago?

a.   ORD – Orchard Park

19.  Airport Code for Orlando?

a.   MCO – Gen McCoy

20.  Name a National Park that is named after a US President?

a.   Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota

Physical Extremes

1.      Which is the deepest lake in the United States?

a.   Crater Lake

2.      In which National park is this lake?

a.   Crater Lake National Park in Oregon

3.      Which is the highest mountain in the North America?

a.   Mt. McKinley

4.      Which National park it is located in?

a.   Denali National Park in Alaska

5.      What other National Parks are in Alaska?

a.   Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Lake Clark, Wrangell – St. Elias, Kobuk Valley, Gates of the Arctic

13.  What is the tallest mountain in the 48 contiguous states?

a.   Mt. Whitney

14.  Which state is it in and which National park?

a.   Sequoia National Park, California

15.  Which is the largest National park in the US?

a.       Wrangell – St. Elias in Alaska – 13.2 million acres

16.  Which National park has 95% of water?

a.       Biscayne in Florida

17.  What are the other National Parks in Florida?

a.       Dry Tortugas, Everglades

18.  Where is Dry Tortugas?

a.       Key West, FL

b.      This is actually a chain of islands

19.  What are chain of islands called?

a.       Archipelago

20.  How did it get its name?

a.       Spanish explorer Juan Ponce De Leon named it Las Tortugas, meaning the turtles because of the variety of turtles found on these islands.

21.  But how did Dry came in?

a.       The sailors were warned that the islands lacked fresh water, so they called it Dry Tortugas

Picture Quiz (PPTX)

Acadia

Covers most of Mount Desert Island, was once the mainland but melting ice caused rising ocean, now is an island on Atlantic

Mountain meets the Ocean

American Samoa

American territory 2600 miles southwest of Hawaii on Pacific Ocean. Islands of Pacific called Polynesia.

Samoa means “Sacred Earth”

10 Volcanic islands – 5 are inhabited

Arches

Contains more than 2000 natural arches. Natural structures are formed out of salt beds formed 300 millions years ago when the inland oceans dried.  The salt beds are buried under the stones. The structures are formed by rising salt.

Red sandstones deposited about 150 million years ago. Groundwater dissolves salt and causes it to rise up.

Big Bend

The rocks are formed from the seas that flowed through this regions 100s of million years ago. Formed from deposits of limestone and shale.

Saguaro

Big trees and big canyons.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon

Known for Giant forests, 240 caves. These are two contiguous parks managed together. Mt. Whitney is in this park.

Shenandoah

Blue Ridge Mountains – What is the mountain range this is part of? Appalachian. Which states does Appalachian range cover – Georgia in the south to PA in the north.

What other National park is on this range – Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Yosemite

Granite rocks formed about 10 million years ago. Deep, narrow canyons.

Biscayne

Protects offshore barrier reef, northern Florida reef. Protects mangrove swamps, coral limestone keys

Everglades

3^rd largest national park in the 48 states. It has numerous flora and fauna. Florida panthers, alligators

Dry Tortugas

Ft. Jefferson, largest masonry structure in western hemisphere. This park is known for coral reefs, ship wrecks