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