Yellowstone Facts

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Question 1

Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, what historic global distinction belongs to Yellowstone?

Question 2

Yellowstone National Park spans across parts of which three western United States?

Question 3

What world-famous cone geyser erupts boiling water up to 180 feet high roughly every 60 to 90 minutes?

Question 4

What produces the brilliant rainbow spectrum of orange, yellow, and red rings surrounding the Grand Prismatic Spring?

Question 5

What colossal geological structure underlies Yellowstone, responsible for all its geysers, hot springs, and thermal features?

Question 6

What apex predator was successfully reintroduced into Yellowstone in 1995, triggering a classic ecological trophic cascade?

Question 7

Which sweeping valley in northeastern Yellowstone is internationally renowned as the 'Serengeti of North America' for viewing wild wolves and bison?

Question 8

Sitting at 7,733 feet above sea level, what is the largest high-elevation freshwater lake in North America?

Question 9

Why did Yellowstone's famous Morning Glory Pool shift from its historic deep sapphire blue to muddy yellow and green over decades?

Question 10

What towering 308-foot waterfall plunges dramatically into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River?

Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, what historic global distinction belongs to Yellowstone?