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How much do you know about the National Park Service?

The National Park Service turns 100 next month and has been celebrating its milestone birthday all summer. Now it's time for you to show how much you know about the park system, which oversees 59 national parks, 59 military and historical parks and nearly 300 other sites.

Complete our quiz and matching game, and you might win a copy of the latest "National Parks Guide U.S.A." and "Junior Ranger Activity Book," both published by National Geographic Kids, as well as KidsPost swag.

Contest is for ages 6 to 14. Entries are due Aug. 5. Have a parent send the completed quiz and contact information to KidsPost, The Washington Post, 1301 K St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, or find the quiz at kidspost.com. Good luck!

1. Our most visited national park, with more than 10 million visitors a year, is:

a. Yellowstone

b. Great Smoky Mountains

c. Grand Canyon

d. Shenandoah

2. Which one of these is NOT featured on the arrowhead emblem of the National Park Service?

a. a bison

b. a sequoia tree

c. a bald eagle

d. mountains

3. The national park system includes more than 400 sites. Which of these is NOT one of them?

a. Blue Ridge Parkway

b. New Orleans Jazz historical park

c. Yankee Stadium

d. President's Park (White House)

4. Florida panthers, an endangered member of the cougar family, call this national park home:

a. Virgin Islands

b. Grand Teton

c. Canyonlands

d. Everglades

5. This park is one of the seven natural wonders of the world:

a. Grand Canyon

b. Gates of the Arctic

c. Hot Springs

d. Rocky Mountain

6. Nicknamed the First State, in 2013 this state became the last one to have a site listed in the national park system:

a. Nevada

b. Rhode Island

c. Delaware

d. Maryland

7. How many park system sites are located north of the Arctic Circle?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

8. This national park boasts the world's longest known cave system, with more than 400 miles explored:

a. Mammoth Cave

b. Carlsbad Caverns

c. Wind Cave

d. Gates of the Arctic

9. This park is named for a natural feature of the Rio Grande river, which forms its southern border and separates the United States and Mexico:

a. Arches

b. White Sands

c. Big Bend

d. Kenai Fjords

10. This park is known for its mud pots, hot springs and geysers, including Old Faithful, which erupts several times a day:

a. Mesa Verde

b. Yellowstone

c. Death Valley

d. Badlands

By the numbers

Can you match each statement with the correct number?

The number of:

• National seashores in the park system

• Mineral springs in Hot Springs National Park

• Black bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

• Acres protected by the National Park Service

• Visitors to National Park Service sites in 2015

• National Park Service employees

• Miles on the Appalachian Trail

Answers:

1,500

84 million

22,000

307 million

10

2,180

47

(Source: National Park Service. Some numbers are not exact.)

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