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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
A) Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding marshes B) The Everglades wetlands C) Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs D) Florida's Atlantic coastline
A) Extensive mangrove forest B) Oak woodlands C) Pine forests D) Cypress swamps
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
A) Transitional islands of coral and sand B) Purely sandy barrier islands C) Islands formed from limestone deposits D) Volcanic islands
A) Shallow waters of Biscayne Bay B) Coral limestone keys C) Everglades wetlands D) Florida mangroves along the shoreline
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
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
A) Tropical vegetation including endangered cacti and palms B) Coniferous trees C) Grasslands D) Deciduous forests
A) Feeding areas for migratory birds B) Breeding sites for amphibians C) Nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles D) Hunting grounds for large predators
A) Less than 50 species B) Exactly 100 species C) More than 200 species D) Around 500 species
A) Polar bears B) Green sea turtles C) Schaus' swallowtail butterflies D) Smalltooth sawfish
A) The people of the Glades culture B) The Inuit tribes C) The Aztec civilization D) The Mayan civilization
A) The Cherokee Nation B) The Navajo Nation C) The Apache tribe D) The Tequesta people
A) A flood B) The occupation by the Tequesta people until the 16th century C) A volcanic eruption D) An earthquake
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
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) 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
A) Ron Walker, an unqualified appointment B) Frank Masland Jr. C) Rogers Morton D) Jonathan B. Jarvis
A) Offering offshore gambling and alcohol B) Hosting annual fishing tournaments C) Being a bird sanctuary D) Serving as a military outpost
A) A refugee camp B) A tourist attraction C) A training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro's Cuba D) A naval base
A) Inclusion in Everglades National Park B) Development into a commercial port C) Creation of a private resort D) Establishment as a military zone
A) A backlash against development proposals B) Discovery of oil reserves C) An increase in tourism D) A natural disaster
A) 1980 B) 1990 C) 1972 D) 1968
A) Only by boat B) By foot C) By train D) By car
A) 270.267 sq mi B) 36.73 km2 C) 699.99 km2 D) 172,971 acres
A) Miami Formation B) Coral-based Key Largo limestone C) Ragged Keys D) Key Largo limestone
A) The Convoy Point Visitor Center B) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station C) Florida Reef D) The Safety Valve
A) Cutler Ridge B) Soldier Key C) Mangrove Point D) Convoy Point Visitor Center
A) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station B) Mangrove Point C) Convoy Point Visitor Center D) Cutler Ridge
A) Miocene Epoch B) Sangamonian Stage C) Holocene Epoch D) Pleistocene Epoch
A) 36.73 km2 B) 270.267 sq mi C) 699.99 km2 D) 9,075 acres
A) Oolitic Miami Limestone B) Key Largo limestone C) Wave-deposited sands D) Coral limestone
A) Soldier Key B) Old Rhodes Key C) Sands Key D) Elliott Key
A) 15 ft (4.6 m) B) 20 ft (6.1 m) C) 5 ft (1.5 m) D) 10 ft (3.0 m)
A) 7,500 years ago B) 5,000 years ago C) 10,000 years ago D) 12,000 years ago
A) 1500 CE to 1700 CE B) 500 BCE to 1000 CE C) 1000 CE to about 1650 D) 2000 BCE to 500 BCE
A) Seventy-five B) Twenty-five C) One hundred D) Fifty
A) Christopher Columbus B) Juan Ponce de León C) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés D) Hernando de Soto
A) Tequesta Bay B) Ponce Bay C) Biscayne Bay D) Chequescha
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.
A) 50 B) 44 C) 30 D) 60
A) Santo Cristo de Burgos B) San Felipe y Santiago C) Nuestra Senora del Popolo D) Santa Maria de la Consolacion
A) HMS Fowey B) Black Pearl C) Queen Anne's Revenge D) USS Constitution
A) 43 B) 44 C) 50 D) 30
A) 50 mi (80 km) B) 40 mi (64 km) C) 30 mi (48 km) D) 20 mi (32 km)
A) Potential fortification sites. B) Pineapple plantations for purchase. C) Lime farms. D) Escape routes to Cuba.
A) Israel Lafayette Jones. B) Herbert Hoover. C) John C. Breckinridge. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) Hotel managers at Ledbury Lodge. B) Developers of Miami Beach. C) Full-time fishing guides at the Cocolobo Club. D) Cuban exiles.
A) Ledbury Lodge. B) The Coco Lobo Fishing Club. C) Biscayne Bay Club. D) Cocolobo Cay Resort.
A) The National Park Service. B) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). C) The United States Army. D) The Cuban government.
A) Exiled Venezuelan president Marcos Pérez Jiménez. B) John C. Breckinridge. C) Israel Lafayette Jones. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) 1980 B) 1974 C) 1999 D) 1968
A) OceanGate B) MarineHub C) BayPort D) SeaDade
A) Public Law 90–606 B) Public Law 93-477 C) Public Law 99-500 D) Public Law 96-287
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
A) Recreation Shoreline B) Unity Beach C) A 'blacks-only' segregated beach D) Dante Beach
A) Hurricane Irma B) Hurricane Andrew C) Hurricane Katrina D) Tropical Storm Wilma
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
A) Kayaks B) Private powerboats C) Personal watercraft D) Sailboats
A) Arratoon Apcar B) Erl King C) Alicia D) Lugano
A) Lugano B) Erl King C) Mandalay D) Alicia
A) None B) Six C) Ten D) Twenty-seven
A) 2010 B) 1985 C) 1999 D) 2000
A) 1878 B) 1891 C) 1905 D) 1966
A) 1878 B) 1937 C) 2012 D) 2000
A) Two B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Desert B) Mangrove swamp C) Island key D) Lagoon
A) Penguins B) Warblers C) Flamingos D) Eagles
A) Kangaroos B) Bald eagles C) Penguins D) Emus
A) Humidity B) Rainfall C) Wind speed D) Temperature
A) Red king crabs B) Giant blue land crabs C) Snow crabs D) Horseshoe crabs
A) No change in salinity B) Higher salinity levels C) Constant salinity levels D) Lower salinity levels
A) Penguins B) Flamingos C) Pelicans D) Migrant raptors
A) Ospreys B) Penguins C) Bald eagles D) American flamingos
A) 1878 B) 2000 C) 1945 D) 1937
A) Semi-tropical B) Temperate C) Desert D) Polar
A) American alligator B) American crocodile C) Loggerhead sea turtle D) Green sea turtle
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
A) Northern gannets B) Red drum C) Common bottlenose dolphins D) Gray snapper
A) 10 percent B) Roughly 75 percent C) 50 percent D) 90 percent
A) Swallowtail butterfly B) Blue morpho C) Monarch butterfly D) Schaus' swallowtail
A) Wilson's plovers B) Owls C) Eagles D) Peregrine falcons
A) Owls B) Eagles C) Hawks D) Falcons
A) Penguins B) Albatrosses C) Brown pelicans D) Seagulls
A) Algal cover B) Coral diversity C) Fish populations D) Salinity levels
A) Smalltooth sawfish B) Brown pelican C) Brown booby D) Magnificent frigatebird
A) Lionfish B) Elephant C) Polar bear D) Koala
A) Tuberous sword fern B) Guava C) Brazilian-pepper D) Portiatree
A) 141 miles per hour B) 100 miles per hour C) 200 miles per hour D) 75 miles per hour
A) Penguins B) Burmese pythons C) Wolves D) Kangaroos
A) Category 2 B) Category 4 C) Category 5 D) Category 3
A) October 5, 1992 B) July 15, 1992 C) September 10, 1992 D) August 24, 1992
A) Pine tree B) Oak tree C) Brazilian-pepper D) Maple tree
A) 127 knots B) 150 knots C) 200 knots D) 100 knots |