Social Studies Lesson 16
Identify National Parks, Monuments, and Forests; and briefly tell what is found there. Write something about your experiences there if you have ever visited them. Look at a map and determine the distance between two of the above places.
Death Valley National Park is a barren desert near the east border of California. It has a large desert and many forms of microbial life. A wide variety of other life forms also exists in Death Valley. It is trampled with mountain ranges and sedimentary rocks, some of those 1.7 billion years old.
Within the park, there are two major valleys: Death Valley and Panamint Valley, both of which were formed within the last few million years and both bounded by north-south-trending mountain ranges.
Yosemite national park is a place rich with wildlife, plants, and natural structures. With habitats ranging from hill chaparral to expanses of alpine rock, Yosemite National Park supports over 250 species of vertebrates, which include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. American Black Bear, Bobcat, Gray Fox, Mule deer, Mountain King snake, Gilbert's Skink, White-headed Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, and Spotted Owl are some of the many vertebrate animals in Yosemite.
Lava Beds National Monument was formed due to prehistoric volcanic eruptions. Its lava tubes were formed when boiling lava made huge tunnels in the ground, which are now coated with glossy lava rock. This is a great place for adventurous cavers, and tourists, but what is most spectacular is the natural beauty of it, such strange ice formations, or a mysterious rock scene.
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