A) 16% B) 30% C) 25% D) 50%
A) Lepidoptera B) Coleoptera C) Orthoptera D) Diptera
A) Three B) Five C) Four D) Two
A) Galápagos marine iguana B) Green sea turtle C) Cocos Island anole (Anolis townsendi) D) Komodo dragon
A) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) B) Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri) C) Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) D) Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
A) 70 B) 50 C) 100 D) Nearly 90
A) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) B) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) C) White tern (Gygis alba) D) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
A) Greenpeace B) World Wildlife Fund C) International Union for Conservation of Nature D) BirdLife International
A) Three B) None C) Two D) One
A) Pigs B) Cats C) Deer D) Goats
A) 45 B) 60 C) More than 30 D) 15
A) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) B) Clownfish C) Catfish D) Goldfish
A) Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) B) Great white shark C) Tiger shark D) Bull shark
A) Orcas B) Humpback whales C) Sea lions D) Dolphins (excluding bottlenose dolphins)
A) Leatherback turtles B) Kemp's ridley turtles C) Loggerhead turtles D) Green turtles (Chelonia mydas)
A) The sighting of a blue whale. B) The discovery of a new coral species. C) A female tiger shark killed a New Yorker while scuba diving. D) An earthquake affecting the island's marine life.
A) 1970 B) 1832 C) 1897 D) 1863
A) 27 B) 54 C) 12 D) 10
A) late 18th century B) mid-19th century C) early 19th century D) early 20th century
A) solar power B) electricity C) inexpensive kerosene D) gasoline
A) Costa Rica B) Tumbes C) Adelante D) Cocos Explorer
A) cholera B) typhoid fever C) smallpox D) influenza
A) 200 B) 100 C) 426 D) 38
A) Carlos Alvarado B) John Smith C) August Gissler D) Juan Mora Fernández
A) Spanish B) British C) German D) French
A) February 5, 2006 B) May 12, 1970 C) 1897 D) October 1863
A) 12 B) 10 C) 54 D) 27
A) 20002 B) 10001 C) 30003 D) 60110
A) 33 Costa Rican park rangers B) 100 tourists C) 50 fishermen D) 75 scientists
A) 1897 local elections B) May 12, 1970, election C) Costa Rica's February 5, 2006, election D) October 1863 referendum
A) No B) Yes C) They are only temporary visitors D) Only during their service period
A) Isla del Coco B) Isla de Costa Rica C) Isla de Puntarenas D) Isla del Pacífico
A) 550 km southwest B) 450 km northeast C) 300 km southeast D) 700 km northwest
A) Province of Puntarenas, Canton of Puntarenas B) Province of Heredia, Canton of Heredia C) Province of Limón, Canton of Limón D) Province of Alajuela, Canton of Alajuela
A) 23.85 km² B) 10 km² C) 50 km² D) 35 km²
A) 1997 B) 2000 C) 1978 D) 1985
A) Christopher Columbus B) Hernán Cortés C) Fernando de Magallanes D) Juan de Cabezas
A) Vasco Núñez de Balboa B) Francisco Pizarro C) George Vancouver D) James Cook
A) 2010 B) 2000 C) 1985 D) 1997
A) 48 to 72 hours B) 12 to 24 hours C) 24 to 36 hours D) 36 to 48 hours
A) Map of Vespucci B) Map of Henry II C) Map of Magellan D) Map of Columbus
A) Mercator's World Map B) Ptolemy's Geographia C) Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum D) Willem Blaeu's Grand Atlas
A) A statue of himself B) An inscription with the date of arrival, names of ships, and commanders cut on a rock C) A time capsule D) A flagpole with the British flag
A) Science Magazine B) Nature C) National Geographic D) The American Naturalist
A) Captain Bennett Graham B) Aeneas Mackintosh C) Mary Welch D) Benito Bonito
A) José de la Serna B) Aeneas Mackintosh C) Captain William Thompson D) August Gissler
A) UNESCO B) New7Wonders of the World Foundation C) Professional Association of Diving Instructors D) Costa Rican government
A) Bajo Alcyone B) Wafer Bay C) Dos Amigos Grande D) Manuelina Garden
A) Aeneas Mackintosh B) Jacques Cousteau C) August Gissler D) Captain William Thompson
A) Tourism B) Fishing C) Treasure hunting D) Scuba diving
A) Captain Bennett Graham B) Benito Bonito C) Aeneas Mackintosh D) Captain William Thompson
A) 750 km2 B) 3,000 km2 C) 500 km2 D) 1,997 km2 (771 sq mi)
A) Wafer Bay B) Manuelina Garden C) Bajo Alcyone D) Dos Amigos Grande
A) Aeneas Mackintosh B) August Gissler C) Benito Bonito D) Captain William Thompson
A) Coral reefs B) Large pelagic fish species C) Seagrass beds D) Small reef fish
A) Director of WWF B) Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso C) UN Environment Programme D) President of Costa Rica
A) Pacific Marine Reserve B) Galápagos Marine Reserve C) Hermandad Marine Reserve D) Cocos Marine Reserve
A) Basalt B) Limestone C) Sandstone D) Granite
A) Mediterranean climate B) Tropical rainforest climate C) Temperate oceanic climate D) Desert climate
A) North Equatorial Countercurrent B) Kuroshio Current C) California Current D) Gulf Stream
A) Around 5,000 mm (196 in) B) Over 7,000 mm (276 in) C) Under 3,000 mm (118 in) D) Approximately 9,000 mm (354 in)
A) Savanna B) Temperate deciduous forests C) Dense tropical moist forests D) Tundra
A) By human introduction B) Via long-distance dispersal from the Americas C) From volcanic activity D) Through land bridges during ice ages
A) They are found at sea level. B) They are unique in the eastern Pacific. C) They have no endemic species. D) They are similar to those in Europe.
A) Mollisols B) Entisols C) Spodosols D) Alfisols
A) 235 B) 90 C) 70 D) 128
A) 10% B) Approximately 29.8% C) 50% D) 75%
A) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca) B) Avocado (Ocotea insularis) C) Melastoma spp. D) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei)
A) 500 m B) 1600 ft C) 1000 m D) 50 m
A) Solanaceae B) Leguminosae C) Asteraceae D) Rubiaceae
A) Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) B) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei) C) Cecropia pittieri D) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca)
A) Aquatic plants B) Epiphytic plants C) Carnivorous plants D) Succulents
A) Phoenix dactylifera B) Washingtonia filifera C) Sabal palmetto D) Euterpe precatoria
A) Alexander von Humboldt B) Thor Heyerdahl C) Captain Wafer D) Charles Darwin
A) GPS navigation B) Celestial navigation C) Guara navigation D) Magnetic compass navigation
A) Sacoglottis holdridgei B) Melastoma spp. C) Cocos nucifera D) Erythrina fusca
A) 74 B) 128 C) 41 D) 90
A) Annonaceae B) Solanaceae C) Malvaceae D) Rubiaceae
A) The auction raised significant funds for protection B) It proceeded as planned without interruption C) It was stopped immediately after a request by the ship's spokesman D) The goods were returned to the poachers |