A) Warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) B) Tropical rainforest climate C) Desert climate D) Humid subtropical climate
A) Santa Barbara, Catalina, San Clemente B) Santa Catalina, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz C) San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa D) Santa Monica, Ventura, Malibu
A) 65 Ma B) 100 Ma C) 200 Ma D) 145 Ma (million years ago)
A) Canada Formation B) Jalama Formation C) Pozo Formation D) Monterey Formation
A) Rhyolitic lava domes B) Basalt and andesite flows with pillow structures C) Dacitic pyroclastic deposits D) Trachytic lava tubes
A) Pleistocene B) Late Cretaceous C) Early Eocene D) Middle Miocene
A) 30,000 feet thick B) 5,000 feet thick C) 10,000 feet thick D) Up to 23,000 feet thick
A) Santa Cruz Island Fault B) Hayward Fault C) Garlock Fault D) San Andreas Fault
A) Willows Diorite B) Santa Cruz Island schist C) San Onofre Breccia D) Alamos Tonalite
A) Upper Cretaceous sandstone formations B) Jurassic limestone formations C) Lower Tertiary sequence including Pozo, Canada, Jolla Vieja, and Cozy Dell Formations D) Pleistocene glacial deposits
A) Catalina and San Clemente islands B) Santa Cruz and Anacapa islands C) San Miguel and Santa Rosa islands D) Santa Barbara and Ventura islands
A) 20,000 to 30,000 YBP B) 50,000 to 60,000 YBP C) 5,000 to 10,000 YBP D) 12,840 to >47,000 YBP (years before present)
A) Prisoner's Harbor Member B) Devil's Peak Member C) Griffith Canyon Member D) Stanton Ranch Member
A) Glacial moraine B) River delta C) Major fault aligned with the Northern Channel Islands D) Canyon
A) Basalt-basaltic andesite and andesite volcanic flows B) Pozo Formation C) Jalama Formation D) Canada Formation
A) Pleistocene B) Early Cretaceous C) Late Jurassic, same as Alamos Tonalite (145 Ma) D) Miocene
A) Around 3 weeks. B) Nearly 20 days. C) About 5 days. D) Approximately 11 days.
A) 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2). B) 800 square miles (2,100 km2). C) 500 square miles (1,300 km2). D) 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2).
A) More than 5,000 avians. B) Approximately 1,000 avians. C) Around 2,500 avians. D) Over 3,600 avians.
A) The Santa Barbara Channel spill. B) The Gulf of Mexico spill. C) The Union Oil spill. D) The San Francisco Bay oil spill.
A) 15 natural oil seeps. B) 45 natural oil seeps. C) 29 natural oil seeps. D) 50 natural oil seeps.
A) Father Pedro Font in 1776. B) Lewis and Clark during their expedition. C) Captain James Cook in 1769. D) John Muir in the early 1900s.
A) Volcanic activity. B) Natural gas deposits. C) The petroliferous Monterey Shale. D) Decomposing organic matter.
A) On Anacapa Island. B) In Santa Barbara. C) In the city of Ventura. D) In Los Angeles.
A) 699 acres. B) 60,645 acres. C) 52,794 acres. D) 9,325 acres.
A) 100%. B) 50%. C) 76%. D) 24%.
A) 300,000 acres (1,216.00 km2). B) 249,354 acres (1,009.10 km2). C) 200,000 acres (810.12 km2). D) 150,000 acres (607.48 km2).
A) One-third. B) Two-thirds. C) Three-quarters. D) Half.
A) Five B) Six C) Three D) All eight
A) National Park Service B) California State Parks C) UNESCO D) The Nature Conservancy
A) 1976 B) 1542 C) 1980 D) 1938
A) 1976 B) 1938 C) 1980 D) 1965
A) Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo B) Ferdinand Magellan C) Hernando de Soto D) Christopher Columbus
A) Wilderness Area B) Biosphere reserve C) World Heritage Site D) National Monument
A) Gambel's deer mouse B) Raccoon C) Mountain lion D) Grizzly bear
A) Plague B) West Nile virus C) Sin nombre hantavirus D) Lyme disease
A) Great white shark B) Orca C) Humpback whale D) Blue whale
A) Snorkeling B) Fishing C) Surfing D) Kayaking
A) Surf Ranger LCM-8 landing craft B) Sea Explorer 45 ft. C) Marine Adventurer 70 ft. D) Ocean Voyager 60 ft.
A) Summer B) Spring C) Winter D) Autumn |