National Parks Quiz

Who are the national parks for?

• the perfect people

• the wealthy

• every member of our nation

• the powerful

Which president set aside land in Yosemite Valley, California to be preserved as a national park?

• P. Diddy

• Abraham Lincoln

• Vanna White

• George Bush

What national park was established in 1934?

• The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

• Grand Tetons National Park

• Everglades National Park

• Jellystone National Park

Who was destroying land illegally in Sequoia National Park?

• poachers

• sheepherders

• Abraham Lincoln

• Mr. Gregory

How many national parks did Theodore Roosevelt establish?

• 5

• none

• 3

• 7

How was the Grand Canyon formed?

• A meteor came down out of space and smacked the Earth.

• Paul Bunyan carved it in a fight with his ox, Babe.

• Settlers dynamited it, looking for gold.

• It was carved by the flow of the Colorado River, over millions of years.

What president signed into law, the National Park Service Organic Act?

• President Woodrow Wilson

• 21 Savage

• Tony Hawk

• Barack Obama

What are the two types of large trees that grow in California's Sequoia National Park?

• Oak and Cedar

• Pines and Evergreens

• Spruce and Maple

• Sequoias and Redwoods

How many square miles of park land can be found in the United States?

• 400,000 square miles

• 120,000 square miles

• 12 centimeters

• 2.4 billion people

What kind of animals can be found in the Everglades?

• moose, giant lizards, mammoths, and marmosets, and a few lemur

• kangaroo, giraffe, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros

• dogs and cats

• alligators, crocodiles, turtles, frogs, and storks