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A) Overfishing of small fish species B) Illegal poaching of large marine species C) Deforestation D) Air pollution
A) Costa Rica B) Colombia C) Nicaragua D) Panama
A) Implementing strict regulations B) Passivity and benefiting corruptly C) Promoting sustainable fishing D) Actively supporting conservation
A) Mexico and Brazil B) China and other Asian countries C) United States and Canada D) European Union countries
A) Overabundance of resources B) Financial and bureaucratic difficulties, and corruption C) Excessive funding D) Lack of interest from the public
A) They have been fined heavily B) They have been deported immediately C) They have been sentenced to long prison terms D) They have often been quickly released under suspicious circumstances
A) Marvin Orlando Cerdas B) Michael Morales Molina C) The President of Costa Rica D) The captain of the illegal poaching ship Tiuna
A) Stopped the auction for public benefit B) Destroyed the confiscated goods C) Ensured the auction proceeded D) Donated the goods to charity
A) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway B) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson C) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne D) Moby Dick by Herman Melville
A) Desert Island B) The Old Man and the Sea C) Treasure Island D) Moby Dick
A) Off the coast of Venezuela in the Atlantic Ocean B) In the Arctic Ocean C) In the Indian Ocean D) In the Pacific Ocean near Cocos Island
A) Terra Firma B) Robinson Island C) Cocos Island D) Treasure Island
A) The Galapagos Islands B) The Andes Mountains C) The Amazon River D) The Isthmus of Darien
A) Isla del Coco B) Isla del Pacífico C) Isla del Cocos D) Isla de Costa Rica
A) 550 km southwest B) 300 km north C) 700 km west D) 200 km east
A) 30 km2 B) 10 km2 C) 50 km2 D) 23.85 km2
A) Cocos tectonic plate B) Pacific tectonic plate C) Nazca tectonic plate D) South American tectonic plate
A) 2000 B) 1978 C) 1985 D) 1990
A) 2010 B) 2005 C) 1997 D) 2000
A) 24 to 36 hours B) 36 to 48 hours C) 12 to 24 hours D) 48 to 72 hours
A) Spanish navigator Juan de Cabezas B) James Cook C) Christopher Columbus D) Ferdinand Magellan
A) Two thousand coconuts B) Fish C) Gold D) Spices
A) Ferdinand Magellan B) Captain Edward Belcher C) James Cook D) Vasco da Gama
A) 1970 B) 1832 C) 1897 D) 1863
A) No. 100 B) No. 27 C) No. 54 D) No. 1
A) 426 Tongan former slaves B) Costa Rican settlers C) German treasure hunters D) British sailors
A) Malaria B) Tuberculosis C) Cholera D) Smallpox
A) 250 B) 426 C) 100 D) 38
A) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia B) José Figueres Ferrer C) August Gissler D) Juan Mora Fernández
A) Permanent B) Scientific C) Military D) Short-lived
A) 1863 B) May 12, 1970 C) 1832 D) 1897
A) 10001 B) 60110 C) 20002 D) 30003
A) 50 B) 33 C) 100 D) 10
A) Sometimes B) Yes C) No D) Only during elections
A) Sparsely inhabited B) Partially inhabited C) Uninhabited D) Fully inhabited
A) William Thompson B) August Gissler C) Benito Bonito D) Mary Welch
A) 1910 B) 1818 C) 1889 D) 1820
A) $5 billion B) $20 billion C) $10 billion D) $16 billion
A) William Thompson B) Aeneas Mackintosh C) Benito Bonito D) Captain Bennett Graham
A) A large cache of jewels B) Nothing at all C) A few gold coins D) The Treasure of Lima
A) Aeneas Mackintosh B) Captain William Thompson C) Jacques Cousteau D) August Gissler
A) Bajo Alcyone B) Wafer Bay C) Dos Amigos Grande D) Manuelina Garden
A) 100 B) 50 C) Over 300 D) 500
A) 2022 B) 2023 C) 2020 D) 2021
A) limestone B) granite C) sandstone D) basalt
A) Pico Cocos B) Mount Galápagos C) Mount Darwin D) Cerro Iglesias
A) 500 m (1,640 ft) B) 550 m (1,804 ft) C) 600 m (1,970 ft) D) 575.5 m (1,888 ft)
A) three B) four C) two D) one
A) Pittier Bay B) Wafer Bay C) Chatham Bay D) Weston Bay
A) tropical savanna climate B) tropical monsoon climate C) tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af) D) tropical wet and dry climate
A) 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) B) 28.0 °C (82.4 °F) C) 26.6 °C (79.9 °F) D) 24.5 °C (76.1 °F)
A) cloud forests B) coniferous forests C) rainforests D) deciduous forests
A) via human introduction B) via land bridges C) via migration from other islands D) via long-distance dispersal from the Americas
A) entisols B) ultisols C) mollisols D) alfisols
A) the Humboldt Current B) the North Equatorial Countercurrent C) the Gulf Stream D) the Intertropical Convergence Zone
A) 180 B) 235 C) 150 D) 300
A) 100 B) 50 C) 90 D) 70
A) Oak tree B) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca) C) Maple tree D) Pine tree
A) Asteraceae B) Solanaceae C) Leguminosae D) Rubiaceae
A) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei) B) Oak tree C) Cecropia pittieri D) Avocado (Ocotea insularis)
A) Root plants B) Epiphytic plants C) Aquatic plants D) Desert plants
A) Bamboo B) Date palm C) Euterpe precatoria D) Palm oil
A) Pine trees B) Eucalyptus C) Melastoma spp. D) Cacti
A) Compass navigation B) Celestial navigation C) Guara navigation D) Magnetic navigation
A) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) B) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) C) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) D) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
A) Dolphin B) Whale C) Seal D) Shark
A) Cats B) Pigs C) Goats D) Rats
A) Kemp's Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) B) Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) C) Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) D) Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
A) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) B) Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) C) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) D) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
A) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) B) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) C) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) D) White tern (Gygis alba)
A) Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) B) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) C) Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) D) Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
A) Giant manta (Manta birostris) B) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) C) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) D) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
A) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) B) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) C) Red-footed booby (Sula sula) D) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) |