1. A national wildlife refuge provides protection for Key deer in a wetland area on Big Pine Key in which state — Florida or Arizona?
2. Loss of native grasslands is a threat to the San Joaquin kit fox in which state — Rhode Island or California?
3. Harvested commercially and for sport, Chinook salmon have been decreasing in number in the Columbia River Basin of which state — North Carolina or Washington?
4. The Karner blue butterfly is responding to a conservation plan to protect its habitat near the Great Lakes in which state — Wisconsin or West Virginia?
5. An endangered species of cave shrimp lives in Mammoth Cave National Park in which state — Kansas or Kentucky?
6. The endangered nehe plant’s range includes Kahoolawe Island, where efforts are underway to restore indigenous vegetation. This island is in which state — Hawaii or New Jersey?
7. Summer storms pose a threat to the remaining northeastern beach tiger beetles, including ones on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in which state — Massachusetts or Vermont?
8. Pneumonia has recently been a danger for bighorn sheep in the mountains northeast of Reno in which state — Louisiana or Nevada?
9. The least shrew, one of the smallest living mammals, is losing its coastal habitat near New London in which state — Connecticut or Missouri?
10. Government agencies are working to return Rio Grande cutthroat trout to rivers in Valles Caldera National Preserve in which state — New Mexico or South Dakota?
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
GEO QUIZ ANSWERS: 1. Florida 2.California 3. Washington 4. Wisconsin 5. Kentucky 6. Hawaii 7. Massachussetts 8. Nevada 9. Connecticut 10. New Mexico
