A) East of Miami, Florida, in Palm Beach County B) North of Miami, Florida, in Broward County C) South of Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County D) West of Miami, Florida, in Monroe County
A) The Everglades wetlands B) Florida's Atlantic coastline C) Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding marshes D) Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs
A) Pine forests B) Cypress swamps C) Oak woodlands D) Extensive mangrove forest
A) The largest island and northernmost of the true Florida Keys, formed from fossilized coral reef B) Hosting a large population of American alligators C) Being the southernmost point in Biscayne National Park D) Having the highest elevation in Miami-Dade County
A) Transitional islands of coral and sand B) Purely sandy barrier islands C) Islands formed from limestone deposits D) Volcanic islands
A) Florida mangroves along the shoreline B) Coral limestone keys C) Everglades wetlands D) Shallow waters of Biscayne Bay
A) Breeding grounds for sea turtles B) Habitat for large predatory sharks C) A nursery for larval and juvenile fish, molluscs, and crustaceans D) Nesting sites for pelagic birds
A) Camels and scorpions B) Immature and adult fish, seagrass beds, sponges, soft corals, and manatees C) Koalas and kangaroos D) Polar bears and penguins
A) Grasslands B) Coniferous trees C) Deciduous forests D) Tropical vegetation including endangered cacti and palms
A) Feeding areas for migratory birds B) Hunting grounds for large predators C) Breeding sites for amphibians D) Nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles
A) More than 200 species B) Around 500 species C) Less than 50 species D) Exactly 100 species
A) Schaus' swallowtail butterflies B) Smalltooth sawfish C) Green sea turtles D) Polar bears
A) The people of the Glades culture B) The Mayan civilization C) The Inuit tribes D) The Aztec civilization
A) The Navajo Nation B) The Apache tribe C) The Tequesta people D) The Cherokee Nation
A) The occupation by the Tequesta people until the 16th century B) An earthquake C) A volcanic eruption D) A flood
A) Hosting annual music festivals B) : Being the first school in Biscayne National Park C) Featuring a mock lighthouse and being the area's most elaborate private retreat D) Serving as a military base during World War II
A) Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg B) John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie C) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford D) Carl G. Fisher, Garfield Wood, and Bebe Rebozo
A) Closed Biscayne National Park B) Awarded the ranger with a medal C) Fired then-National Park Service director George Hartzog D) Resigned from the presidency
A) Jonathan B. Jarvis B) Ron Walker, an unqualified appointment C) Rogers Morton D) Frank Masland Jr.
A) Hosting annual fishing tournaments B) Serving as a military outpost C) Being a bird sanctuary D) Offering offshore gambling and alcohol
A) A training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro's Cuba B) A refugee camp C) A tourist attraction D) A naval base
A) Inclusion in Everglades National Park B) Creation of a private resort C) Establishment as a military zone D) Development into a commercial port
A) A backlash against development proposals B) A natural disaster C) An increase in tourism D) Discovery of oil reserves
A) 1972 B) 1980 C) 1968 D) 1990
A) By train B) By car C) By foot D) Only by boat
A) 699.99 km2 B) 270.267 sq mi C) 36.73 km2 D) 172,971 acres
A) Coral-based Key Largo limestone B) Miami Formation C) Ragged Keys D) Key Largo limestone
A) Florida Reef B) The Convoy Point Visitor Center C) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station D) The Safety Valve
A) Soldier Key B) Cutler Ridge C) Mangrove Point D) Convoy Point Visitor Center
A) Convoy Point Visitor Center B) Cutler Ridge C) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station D) Mangrove Point
A) Sangamonian Stage B) Holocene Epoch C) Pleistocene Epoch D) Miocene Epoch
A) 699.99 km2 B) 36.73 km2 C) 9,075 acres D) 270.267 sq mi
A) Wave-deposited sands B) Oolitic Miami Limestone C) Key Largo limestone D) Coral limestone
A) Elliott Key B) Sands Key C) Soldier Key D) Old Rhodes Key
A) 15 ft (4.6 m) B) 5 ft (1.5 m) C) 10 ft (3.0 m) D) 20 ft (6.1 m)
A) 7,500 years ago B) 12,000 years ago C) 10,000 years ago D) 5,000 years ago
A) 500 BCE to 1000 CE B) 1000 CE to about 1650 C) 1500 CE to 1700 CE D) 2000 BCE to 500 BCE
A) One hundred B) Fifty C) Twenty-five D) Seventy-five
A) Juan Ponce de León B) Hernando de Soto C) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés D) Christopher Columbus
A) Tequesta Bay B) Biscayne Bay C) Chequescha D) Ponce Bay
A) A Spanish governor named Biscayne. B) A shipwrecked Basque sailor known as the 'Biscaino' or 'Viscayno'. C) A French explorer who mapped the area. D) An indigenous word meaning 'land of waters'.
A) 30 B) 50 C) 44 D) 60
A) Santo Cristo de Burgos B) San Felipe y Santiago C) Santa Maria de la Consolacion D) Nuestra Senora del Popolo
A) Queen Anne's Revenge B) HMS Fowey C) Black Pearl D) USS Constitution
A) 43 B) 44 C) 30 D) 50
A) 20 mi (32 km) B) 40 mi (64 km) C) 30 mi (48 km) D) 50 mi (80 km)
A) Lime farms. B) Escape routes to Cuba. C) Potential fortification sites. D) Pineapple plantations for purchase.
A) John C. Breckinridge. B) Carl G. Fisher. C) Israel Lafayette Jones. D) Herbert Hoover.
A) Hotel managers at Ledbury Lodge. B) Full-time fishing guides at the Cocolobo Club. C) Developers of Miami Beach. D) Cuban exiles.
A) Cocolobo Cay Resort. B) Biscayne Bay Club. C) The Coco Lobo Fishing Club. D) Ledbury Lodge.
A) The United States Army. B) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). C) The Cuban government. D) The National Park Service.
A) Israel Lafayette Jones. B) John C. Breckinridge. C) Exiled Venezuelan president Marcos Pérez Jiménez. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) 1968 B) 1999 C) 1974 D) 1980
A) MarineHub B) SeaDade C) OceanGate D) BayPort
A) Public Law 99-500 B) Public Law 90–606 C) Public Law 93-477 D) Public Law 96-287
A) An offshore wind farm B) A solar energy facility C) A large coal-fired power plant D) Two new 1117 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors
A) Dante Beach B) A 'blacks-only' segregated beach C) Recreation Shoreline D) Unity Beach
A) Tropical Storm Wilma B) Hurricane Irma C) Hurricane Katrina D) Hurricane Andrew
A) The town was granted federal funding for development B) The town was expanded to include more land C) Islandia was incorporated as a city D) All town elections were declared invalid
A) Kayaks B) Personal watercraft C) Sailboats D) Private powerboats
A) Erl King B) Arratoon Apcar C) Lugano D) Alicia
A) Mandalay B) Erl King C) Alicia D) Lugano
A) Twenty-seven B) None C) Ten D) Six
A) 2010 B) 1985 C) 1999 D) 2000
A) 1878 B) 1891 C) 1905 D) 1966
A) 2000 B) 2012 C) 1937 D) 1878
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) Five
A) Desert B) Mangrove swamp C) Lagoon D) Island key
A) Flamingos B) Warblers C) Eagles D) Penguins
A) Emus B) Bald eagles C) Penguins D) Kangaroos
A) Rainfall B) Temperature C) Wind speed D) Humidity
A) Horseshoe crabs B) Snow crabs C) Giant blue land crabs D) Red king crabs
A) Higher salinity levels B) Lower salinity levels C) No change in salinity D) Constant salinity levels
A) Pelicans B) Migrant raptors C) Flamingos D) Penguins
A) Bald eagles B) Ospreys C) Penguins D) American flamingos
A) 1937 B) 2000 C) 1945 D) 1878
A) Semi-tropical B) Temperate C) Desert D) Polar
A) Loggerhead sea turtle B) Green sea turtle C) American crocodile D) American alligator
A) They mainly inhabit fresh waters found farther inland B) They have been relocated to other areas C) They cannot tolerate saltwater environments D) They prefer colder climates
A) Northern gannets B) Red drum C) Common bottlenose dolphins D) Gray snapper
A) Roughly 75 percent B) 50 percent C) 90 percent D) 10 percent
A) Blue morpho B) Monarch butterfly C) Schaus' swallowtail D) Swallowtail butterfly
A) Owls B) Eagles C) Peregrine falcons D) Wilson's plovers
A) Eagles B) Falcons C) Owls D) Hawks
A) Brown pelicans B) Seagulls C) Albatrosses D) Penguins
A) Fish populations B) Algal cover C) Coral diversity D) Salinity levels
A) Brown pelican B) Brown booby C) Magnificent frigatebird D) Smalltooth sawfish
A) Polar bear B) Elephant C) Lionfish D) Koala
A) Brazilian-pepper B) Portiatree C) Guava D) Tuberous sword fern
A) 200 miles per hour B) 100 miles per hour C) 141 miles per hour D) 75 miles per hour
A) Wolves B) Penguins C) Kangaroos D) Burmese pythons
A) Category 3 B) Category 5 C) Category 4 D) Category 2
A) September 10, 1992 B) October 5, 1992 C) July 15, 1992 D) August 24, 1992
A) Oak tree B) Brazilian-pepper C) Pine tree D) Maple tree
A) 127 knots B) 100 knots C) 200 knots D) 150 knots |