Biscayne National Park - Quiz
Biscayne National Park
  • 1. Where is Biscayne National Park located?
A) East of Miami, Florida, in Palm Beach County
B) West of Miami, Florida, in Monroe County
C) South of Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County
D) North of Miami, Florida, in Broward County
  • 2. What does Biscayne National Park preserve?
A) Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding marshes
B) The Everglades wetlands
C) Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs
D) Florida's Atlantic coastline
  • 3. What type of forest is found along the shore of Biscayne Bay?
A) Extensive mangrove forest
B) Oak woodlands
C) Pine forests
D) Cypress swamps
  • 4. What is Elliott Key known for within the park?
A) Being the southernmost point in Biscayne National Park
B) The largest island and northernmost of the true Florida Keys, formed from fossilized coral reef
C) Having the highest elevation in Miami-Dade County
D) Hosting a large population of American alligators
  • 5. What type of islands are farther north in the park?
A) Transitional islands of coral and sand
B) Purely sandy barrier islands
C) Islands formed from limestone deposits
D) Volcanic islands
  • 6. Which ecosystem is not protected by Biscayne National Park?
A) Shallow waters of Biscayne Bay
B) Coral limestone keys
C) Everglades wetlands
D) Florida mangroves along the shoreline
  • 7. What does the shoreline swamps provide for marine life?
A) A nursery for larval and juvenile fish, molluscs, and crustaceans
B) Habitat for large predatory sharks
C) Nesting sites for pelagic birds
D) Breeding grounds for sea turtles
  • 8. What species can be found in the bay waters?
A) Koalas and kangaroos
B) Camels and scorpions
C) Polar bears and penguins
D) Immature and adult fish, seagrass beds, sponges, soft corals, and manatees
  • 9. What type of vegetation covers the keys?
A) Tropical vegetation including endangered cacti and palms
B) Coniferous trees
C) Grasslands
D) Deciduous forests
  • 10. What do the beaches of the keys provide for wildlife?
A) Feeding areas for migratory birds
B) Breeding sites for amphibians
C) Nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles
D) Hunting grounds for large predators
  • 11. How many species of fish are found in the offshore reefs and waters?
A) Less than 50 species
B) Exactly 100 species
C) More than 200 species
D) Around 500 species
  • 12. Which of these is not an endangered species in the park?
A) Polar bears
B) Green sea turtles
C) Schaus' swallowtail butterflies
D) Smalltooth sawfish
  • 13. Who inhabited Biscayne Bay region around 10,000 years ago?
A) The people of the Glades culture
B) The Inuit tribes
C) The Aztec civilization
D) The Mayan civilization
  • 14. Which group occupied the islands and shoreline from about 4,000 years ago?
A) The Cherokee Nation
B) The Navajo Nation
C) The Apache tribe
D) The Tequesta people
  • 15. What event led to the Spanish taking possession of Florida?
A) A flood
B) The occupation by the Tequesta people until the 16th century
C) A volcanic eruption
D) An earthquake
  • 16. What was Mark C. Honeywell's guesthouse on Boca Chita Key known for?
A) : Being the first school in Biscayne National Park
B) Featuring a mock lighthouse and being the area's most elaborate private retreat
C) Serving as a military base during World War II
D) Hosting annual music festivals
  • 17. Who owned the Cocolobo Cay Club at various times?
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
  • 18. What did Richard Nixon do in retaliation for a ticket from a park ranger?
A) Resigned from the presidency
B) Awarded the ranger with a medal
C) Fired then-National Park Service director George Hartzog
D) Closed Biscayne National Park
  • 19. Who did Nixon replace George Hartzog with?
A) Ron Walker, an unqualified appointment
B) Frank Masland Jr.
C) Rogers Morton
D) Jonathan B. Jarvis
  • 20. What was Stiltsville known for during Prohibition?
A) Offering offshore gambling and alcohol
B) Hosting annual fishing tournaments
C) Being a bird sanctuary
D) Serving as a military outpost
  • 21. What was Elliott Key used for after the Cuban Revolution of 1959?
A) A refugee camp
B) A tourist attraction
C) A training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro's Cuba
D) A naval base
  • 22. What was Biscayne Bay originally proposed for?
A) Inclusion in Everglades National Park
B) Development into a commercial port
C) Creation of a private resort
D) Establishment as a military zone
  • 23. What led to the designation of Biscayne National Monument?
A) A backlash against development proposals
B) Discovery of oil reserves
C) An increase in tourism
D) A natural disaster
  • 24. When was Biscayne National Park established?
A) 1980
B) 1990
C) 1972
D) 1968
  • 25. How can the land and sea areas of the park be accessed?
A) Only by boat
B) By foot
C) By train
D) By car
  • 26. How many acres does Biscayne National Park cover?
A) 270.267 sq mi
B) 36.73 km2
C) 699.99 km2
D) 172,971 acres
  • 27. Which geological formation lies between low ridges of oolitic Miami Limestone on the west?
A) Miami Formation
B) Coral-based Key Largo limestone
C) Ragged Keys
D) Key Largo limestone
  • 28. What natural feature allows storm surge water to flow out of Biscayne Bay?
A) The Convoy Point Visitor Center
B) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
C) Florida Reef
D) The Safety Valve
  • 29. Which island is part of the northernmost extension of the Florida Keys within Biscayne National Park?
A) Cutler Ridge
B) Soldier Key
C) Mangrove Point
D) Convoy Point Visitor Center
  • 30. Which is the only direct mainland access to Biscayne National Park?
A) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
B) Mangrove Point
C) Convoy Point Visitor Center
D) Cutler Ridge
  • 31. What is the geological period during which the Key Largo Limestone was formed?
A) Miocene Epoch
B) Sangamonian Stage
C) Holocene Epoch
D) Pleistocene Epoch
  • 32. How many acres of Biscayne National Park are on land?
A) 36.73 km2
B) 270.267 sq mi
C) 699.99 km2
D) 9,075 acres
  • 33. What is the primary composition of the barrier islands in Biscayne Bay?
A) Oolitic Miami Limestone
B) Key Largo limestone
C) Wave-deposited sands
D) Coral limestone
  • 34. Which island has significant sandy beaches in Biscayne National Park?
A) Soldier Key
B) Old Rhodes Key
C) Sands Key
D) Elliott Key
  • 35. What is the average depth of Biscayne Bay?
A) 15 ft (4.6 m)
B) 20 ft (6.1 m)
C) 5 ft (1.5 m)
D) 10 ft (3.0 m)
  • 36. When did Native Americans first occupy lower Florida?
A) 7,500 years ago
B) 5,000 years ago
C) 10,000 years ago
D) 12,000 years ago
  • 37. What is the time range of Tequesta occupation indicated by artifacts found on Sands Key?
A) 1500 CE to 1700 CE
B) 500 BCE to 1000 CE
C) 1000 CE to about 1650
D) 2000 BCE to 500 BCE
  • 38. How many significant archaeological sites have been identified in Biscayne National Park?
A) Seventy-five
B) Twenty-five
C) One hundred
D) Fifty
  • 39. Who explored the area now known as Biscayne National Park in 1513?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Juan Ponce de León
C) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
D) Hernando de Soto
  • 40. What did Juan Ponce de León originally name the bay?
A) Tequesta Bay
B) Ponce Bay
C) Biscayne Bay
D) Chequescha
  • 41. What is one possible origin of the name 'Biscayne'?
A) A shipwrecked Basque sailor known as the 'Biscaino' or 'Viscayno'.
B) An indigenous word meaning 'land of waters'.
C) A French explorer who mapped the area.
D) A Spanish governor named Biscayne.
  • 42. How many documented shipwrecks are there in Biscayne National Park?
A) 50
B) 44
C) 30
D) 60
  • 43. Which Spanish galleon is believed to have been wrecked in Biscayne National Park waters in 1733?
A) Santo Cristo de Burgos
B) San Felipe y Santiago
C) Nuestra Senora del Popolo
D) Santa Maria de la Consolacion
  • 44. Which ship was wrecked in 1748 at what is now Legare Anchorage?
A) HMS Fowey
B) Black Pearl
C) Queen Anne's Revenge
D) USS Constitution
  • 45. How many wrecks are included on the National Register of Historic Places in the Offshore Reefs Archeological District?
A) 43
B) 44
C) 50
D) 30
  • 46. What is the length of the Offshore Reefs Archeological District along the seaward side of the Biscayne National Park keys?
A) 50 mi (80 km)
B) 40 mi (64 km)
C) 30 mi (48 km)
D) 20 mi (32 km)
  • 47. What did Colonel Robert E. Lee survey around Biscayne Bay?
A) Potential fortification sites.
B) Pineapple plantations for purchase.
C) Lime farms.
D) Escape routes to Cuba.
  • 48. Who spent two nights in Biscayne Bay during his flight to Cuba?
A) Israel Lafayette Jones.
B) Herbert Hoover.
C) John C. Breckinridge.
D) Carl G. Fisher.
  • 49. What did Arthur and Lancelot Jones become after leaving the lime business?
A) Hotel managers at Ledbury Lodge.
B) Developers of Miami Beach.
C) Full-time fishing guides at the Cocolobo Club.
D) Cuban exiles.
  • 50. What was the Cocolobo Cay Club renamed after being sold to Bebe Rebozo?
A) Ledbury Lodge.
B) The Coco Lobo Fishing Club.
C) Biscayne Bay Club.
D) Cocolobo Cay Resort.
  • 51. Which organization used Elliott Key as a training area in the early 1960s?
A) The National Park Service.
B) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
C) The United States Army.
D) The Cuban government.
  • 52. Who kept a house on Soldier Key until 1963?
A) Exiled Venezuelan president Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
B) John C. Breckinridge.
C) Israel Lafayette Jones.
D) Carl G. Fisher.
  • 53. In what year was Biscayne National Monument established?
A) 1980
B) 1974
C) 1999
D) 1968
  • 54. What was the proposed industrial seaport called that included an oil refinery?
A) OceanGate
B) MarineHub
C) BayPort
D) SeaDade
  • 55. Which law expanded the Biscayne National Monument in 1974?
A) Public Law 90–606
B) Public Law 93-477
C) Public Law 99-500
D) Public Law 96-287
  • 56. What was a significant environmental concern regarding the proposed expansion of Turkey Point in 2009?
A) A solar energy facility
B) A large coal-fired power plant
C) Two new 1117 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors
D) An offshore wind farm
  • 57. What was the name of the segregated beach at Homestead Bayfront Park?
A) Recreation Shoreline
B) Unity Beach
C) A 'blacks-only' segregated beach
D) Dante Beach
  • 58. Which natural disaster prompted the Air Force to consider closing Homestead Air Force Base?
A) Hurricane Irma
B) Hurricane Andrew
C) Hurricane Katrina
D) Tropical Storm Wilma
  • 59. What was the outcome of the 1990 investigation by Janet Reno's office regarding Islandia?
A) The town was granted federal funding for development
B) All town elections were declared invalid
C) Islandia was incorporated as a city
D) The town was expanded to include more land
  • 60. What is prohibited in Biscayne and most other national parks regarding watercraft?
A) Kayaks
B) Private powerboats
C) Personal watercraft
D) Sailboats
  • 61. Which of these shipwrecks on the Maritime Heritage Trail sank in 1878?
A) Arratoon Apcar
B) Erl King
C) Alicia
D) Lugano
  • 62. Which of the following wrecks on the Maritime Heritage Trail is especially popular for snorkeling?
A) Lugano
B) Erl King
C) Mandalay
D) Alicia
  • 63. How many structures survived in Stiltsville by 2021?
A) None
B) Six
C) Ten
D) Twenty-seven
  • 64. In what year was Stiltsville incorporated into Biscayne National Park?
A) 2010
B) 1985
C) 1999
D) 2000
  • 65. What year did the Mandalay shipwreck occur?
A) 1878
B) 1891
C) 1905
D) 1966
  • 66. In what year was the Fowey Rocks Light acquired by the Park Service?
A) 1878
B) 1937
C) 2012
D) 2000
  • 67. How many distinct ecosystems are included within Biscayne National Park?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 68. Which of the following is not an ecosystem found in Biscayne National Park?
A) Desert
B) Mangrove swamp
C) Island key
D) Lagoon
  • 69. Which bird species are most commonly seen as small passerine migrants in the park?
A) Penguins
B) Warblers
C) Flamingos
D) Eagles
  • 70. Which of the following birds nests in Biscayne National Park?
A) Kangaroos
B) Bald eagles
C) Penguins
D) Emus
  • 71. What is the primary factor differentiating seasons in Biscayne National Park?
A) Humidity
B) Rainfall
C) Wind speed
D) Temperature
  • 72. Which type of crab can be found in the park's waters?
A) Red king crabs
B) Giant blue land crabs
C) Snow crabs
D) Horseshoe crabs
  • 73. What is the bay salinity trend during wet summers?
A) No change in salinity
B) Higher salinity levels
C) Constant salinity levels
D) Lower salinity levels
  • 74. Which bird species are known to nest on Elliott Key during northbound spring migration?
A) Penguins
B) Flamingos
C) Pelicans
D) Migrant raptors
  • 75. Which of the following is not a type of bird seen in Biscayne National Park?
A) Ospreys
B) Penguins
C) Bald eagles
D) American flamingos
  • 76. What year did Mark C. Honeywell buy Boca Chita Key?
A) 1878
B) 2000
C) 1945
D) 1937
  • 77. What type of environment is Biscayne National Park classified as?
A) Semi-tropical
B) Temperate
C) Desert
D) Polar
  • 78. Which reptile is more commonly found in Biscayne National Park due to its ability to live in saltier estuarine waters?
A) American alligator
B) American crocodile
C) Loggerhead sea turtle
D) Green sea turtle
  • 79. Why are American alligators uncommon in Biscayne National Park?
A) They prefer colder climates
B) They have been relocated to other areas
C) They mainly inhabit fresh waters found farther inland
D) They cannot tolerate saltwater environments
  • 80. Which species have been negatively affected by changes in salinity patterns?
A) Northern gannets
B) Red drum
C) Common bottlenose dolphins
D) Gray snapper
  • 81. What percentage of the central bay floor is covered by seagrasses?
A) 10 percent
B) Roughly 75 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 90 percent
  • 82. Which endangered butterfly species can be found in Biscayne National Park?
A) Swallowtail butterfly
B) Blue morpho
C) Monarch butterfly
D) Schaus' swallowtail
  • 83. Which bird species nests on Boca Chita Key?
A) Wilson's plovers
B) Owls
C) Eagles
D) Peregrine falcons
  • 84. Which bird species are known to prey on warblers in the interior of the keys?
A) Owls
B) Eagles
C) Hawks
D) Falcons
  • 85. Which bird species are found just offshore in Biscayne National Park?
A) Penguins
B) Albatrosses
C) Brown pelicans
D) Seagulls
  • 86. What has increased as coral has declined in Biscayne National Park?
A) Algal cover
B) Coral diversity
C) Fish populations
D) Salinity levels
  • 87. Which species is rare and endangered in the park waters?
A) Smalltooth sawfish
B) Brown pelican
C) Brown booby
D) Magnificent frigatebird
  • 88. What is a common exotic animal found in Biscayne National Park?
A) Lionfish
B) Elephant
C) Polar bear
D) Koala
  • 89. Which of the following is not listed as an exotic plant posing a high risk to native plants in Biscayne National Park?
A) Tuberous sword fern
B) Guava
C) Brazilian-pepper
D) Portiatree
  • 90. What was the maximum sustained wind speed of Hurricane Andrew when it passed over Biscayne National Park?
A) 141 miles per hour
B) 100 miles per hour
C) 200 miles per hour
D) 75 miles per hour
  • 91. Which exotic animal likely originated from human captivity and has been observed near Biscayne National Park?
A) Penguins
B) Burmese pythons
C) Wolves
D) Kangaroos
  • 92. What was the category of Hurricane Andrew on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale?
A) Category 2
B) Category 4
C) Category 5
D) Category 3
  • 93. What was the date when Hurricane Andrew made landfall near Biscayne National Park?
A) October 5, 1992
B) July 15, 1992
C) September 10, 1992
D) August 24, 1992
  • 94. Which of the following is a pest species that may displace native plants in Biscayne National Park?
A) Pine tree
B) Oak tree
C) Brazilian-pepper
D) Maple tree
  • 95. What was the two-minute wind speed recorded by the Fowey Rocks light station during Hurricane Andrew?
A) 127 knots
B) 150 knots
C) 200 knots
D) 100 knots
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