A fallen tree that new trees grow on

What is One Square Inch of Silence?

A spot chosen to protect natural quiet

Hoh Rainforest Quiz: Olympic Peninsula Mosses and Elk

This Hoh rainforest quiz walks the dripping green trails of Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on its yearly rainfall, the Hall of Mosses, bigleaf maples draped in moss, Sitka spruce and hemlock, nurse logs, Roosevelt elk, the Hoh River from Mount Olympus, banana slugs and the One Square Inch of Silence.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Park
Which national park includes the Hoh Rainforest?
Type
What kind of rainforest is the Hoh?
Rain
About how much rain falls there each year?
Trail
Which short trail is famous for moss-draped trees?
Maple
Which tree is often draped in thick moss?
Giants
Which giant conifer grows in the Hoh?
Logs
What is a nurse log?
Elk
Which elk lives in the rainforest?
River
Where does the Hoh River begin?
Silence
What is One Square Inch of Silence?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which national park includes the Hoh Rainforest?
Answer: Olympic National Park
It is in Washington State.
Q2: What kind of rainforest is the Hoh?
Answer: Temperate rainforest
It is cool and wet.
Q3: About how much rain falls there each year?
Answer: About 12 to 14 feet
Ocean storms bring heavy rain.
Q4: Which short trail is famous for moss-draped trees?
Answer: Hall of Mosses
It is under a mile long.
Q5: Which tree is often draped in thick moss?
Answer: Bigleaf maple
Club moss hangs from its branches.
Q6: Which giant conifer grows in the Hoh?
Answer: Sitka spruce
It thrives in coastal fog.
Q7: What is a nurse log?
Answer: A fallen tree that new trees grow on
Seedlings root in the soft wood.
Q8: Which elk lives in the rainforest?
Answer: Roosevelt elk
Their grazing shapes the forest.
Q9: Where does the Hoh River begin?
Answer: Glaciers on Mount Olympus
Glacial silt colors it milky.
Q10: What is One Square Inch of Silence?
Answer: A spot chosen to protect natural quiet
It began in 2005.

Moss-Draped Giants of a Temperate Rainforest

The Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park, Washington, is one of the finest temperate rainforests in the United States. Storms from the Pacific drop about 12 to 14 feet of rain a year, feeding a cool, green world of mosses, ferns and giant trees.

Bigleaf maples are draped in thick club moss along the Hall of Mosses trail, while Sitka spruce and western hemlock tower overhead. When a tree falls, it becomes a nurse log, and seedlings sprout in rows along its soft wood. Banana slugs help break down the forest floor.

Roosevelt elk graze the valley, and protecting them helped inspire Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909. The Hoh River flows from glaciers on Mount Olympus, its water milky with silt. In 2005, a spot in the forest was named One Square Inch of Silence to protect natural quiet.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature fans will enjoy these questions.

How much rain falls
Which trees grow there
How forests renew
Which animals live there
Why quiet matters

Did You Know?

Mosses and lichens can cover nearly every surface.
Colonnades of trees grow from old nurse logs.
Summer is the driest season.
The Hoh is among the quietest places in the US.
A visitor center sits at the end of the Hoh road.