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Potomac Gorge Quiz
Potomac Gorge Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
How much do you know about America’s wildest urban river and its extraordinary diversity of life? Take our Potomac Gorge quiz and find out!
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How long is the Potomac Gorge corridor?
500 feet | Incorrect
1500 feet | Incorrect
15 miles | Correct
Correct
150 miles | Incorrect
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Where does the upstream end of the Potomac Gorge begin?
Glen Echo | Incorrect
Great Falls | Correct
Correct
Harpers Ferry | Incorrect
Theodore Roosevelt Island | Incorrect
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The Potomac Gorge harbors more than 1,400 individual species of what?
plants | Correct
Correct
beetles | Incorrect
moths | Incorrect
mammals | Incorrect
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Which of these unusual habitats can be found in the Potomac Gorge?
freshwater seeps | Incorrect
riverside prairies | Incorrect
bedrock terraces | Incorrect
all of the above | Correct
Correct
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Which animal has not been observed in the Potomac Gorge since the 1920s?
Allegheny woodrat | Correct
Correct
American shad | Incorrect
Appalachian spring snail | Incorrect
All of the above | Incorrect
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What animal is native to the Potomac Gorge and consumes 6-8 pounds of vegetation every day?
black bear | Incorrect
white-tailed deer | Correct
Correct
southern flying squirrel | Incorrect
gypsy moth | Incorrect
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What crustacean was recently discovered in the Potomac Gorge and is a non-native invasive species?
Pizzini’s amphipod | Incorrect
virile crayfish | Correct
Correct
spiny-cheeked crayfish | Incorrect
all of the above | Incorrect
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How many visitors explore the Potomac Gorge yearly?
a few hundred | Incorrect
a few thousand | Incorrect
750,000 | Incorrect
more than 2 million | Correct
Correct
Scoring
0-2 Correct Hmm. You still have a lot to learn about the Potomac Gorge!
3-5 Correct Not bad! But you can do better if you brush up on your Potomac Gorge knowledge.
6-8 Correct You are a Potomac Gorge whiz! You deserve some free wallpapers of the Potomac Gorge.
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