A) 25% B) 16% C) 50% D) 30%
A) Coleoptera B) Orthoptera C) Lepidoptera D) Diptera
A) Three B) Five C) Four D) Two
A) Green sea turtle B) Galápagos marine iguana C) Cocos Island anole (Anolis townsendi) D) Komodo dragon
A) Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) B) Red-footed booby (Sula sula) C) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) D) Cocos booby (Sula brewsteri)
A) 100 B) Nearly 90 C) 50 D) 70
A) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) B) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) C) White tern (Gygis alba) D) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
A) BirdLife International B) Greenpeace C) World Wildlife Fund D) International Union for Conservation of Nature
A) Two B) None C) One D) Three
A) Goats B) Cats C) Deer D) Pigs
A) 45 B) More than 30 C) 15 D) 60
A) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) B) Goldfish C) Catfish D) Clownfish
A) Great white shark B) Bull shark C) Scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) D) Tiger shark
A) Orcas B) Humpback whales C) Dolphins (excluding bottlenose dolphins) D) Sea lions
A) Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) B) Kemp's ridley turtles C) Loggerhead turtles D) Leatherback turtles
A) The sighting of a blue whale. B) An earthquake affecting the island's marine life. C) The discovery of a new coral species. D) A female tiger shark killed a New Yorker while scuba diving.
A) 1897 B) 1863 C) 1970 D) 1832
A) 27 B) 54 C) 10 D) 12
A) late 18th century B) early 19th century C) mid-19th century D) early 20th century
A) inexpensive kerosene B) gasoline C) solar power D) electricity
A) Adelante B) Costa Rica C) Cocos Explorer D) Tumbes
A) smallpox B) influenza C) cholera D) typhoid fever
A) 200 B) 426 C) 38 D) 100
A) August Gissler B) John Smith C) Carlos Alvarado D) Juan Mora Fernández
A) French B) British C) German D) Spanish
A) February 5, 2006 B) 1897 C) October 1863 D) May 12, 1970
A) 12 B) 27 C) 10 D) 54
A) 60110 B) 30003 C) 20002 D) 10001
A) 33 Costa Rican park rangers B) 50 fishermen C) 100 tourists D) 75 scientists
A) Costa Rica's February 5, 2006, election B) October 1863 referendum C) May 12, 1970, election D) 1897 local elections
A) Yes B) They are only temporary visitors C) Only during their service period D) No
A) Isla de Puntarenas B) Isla de Costa Rica C) Isla del Pacífico D) Isla del Coco
A) 700 km northwest B) 550 km southwest C) 450 km northeast D) 300 km southeast
A) Province of Heredia, Canton of Heredia B) Province of Alajuela, Canton of Alajuela C) Province of Puntarenas, Canton of Puntarenas D) Province of Limón, Canton of Limón
A) 35 km² B) 10 km² C) 50 km² D) 23.85 km²
A) 1978 B) 1997 C) 2000 D) 1985
A) Fernando de Magallanes B) Juan de Cabezas C) Christopher Columbus D) Hernán Cortés
A) George Vancouver B) Francisco Pizarro C) Vasco Núñez de Balboa D) James Cook
A) 2000 B) 2010 C) 1985 D) 1997
A) 48 to 72 hours B) 36 to 48 hours C) 24 to 36 hours D) 12 to 24 hours
A) Map of Henry II B) Map of Columbus C) Map of Vespucci D) Map of Magellan
A) Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum B) Mercator's World Map C) Ptolemy's Geographia D) Willem Blaeu's Grand Atlas
A) A time capsule B) A statue of himself C) An inscription with the date of arrival, names of ships, and commanders cut on a rock D) A flagpole with the British flag
A) National Geographic B) Science Magazine C) The American Naturalist D) Nature
A) Captain Bennett Graham B) Benito Bonito C) Aeneas Mackintosh D) Mary Welch
A) August Gissler B) José de la Serna C) Aeneas Mackintosh D) Captain William Thompson
A) Costa Rican government B) Professional Association of Diving Instructors C) New7Wonders of the World Foundation D) UNESCO
A) Bajo Alcyone B) Manuelina Garden C) Dos Amigos Grande D) Wafer Bay
A) Captain William Thompson B) Jacques Cousteau C) August Gissler D) Aeneas Mackintosh
A) Fishing B) Treasure hunting C) Scuba diving D) Tourism
A) Aeneas Mackintosh B) Captain Bennett Graham C) Benito Bonito D) Captain William Thompson
A) 3,000 km2 B) 500 km2 C) 750 km2 D) 1,997 km2 (771 sq mi)
A) Wafer Bay B) Manuelina Garden C) Dos Amigos Grande D) Bajo Alcyone
A) Captain William Thompson B) Benito Bonito C) August Gissler D) Aeneas Mackintosh
A) Seagrass beds B) Coral reefs C) Large pelagic fish species D) Small reef fish
A) Director of WWF B) President of Costa Rica C) UN Environment Programme D) Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso
A) Galápagos Marine Reserve B) Cocos Marine Reserve C) Hermandad Marine Reserve D) Pacific Marine Reserve
A) Granite B) Basalt C) Limestone D) Sandstone
A) Tropical rainforest climate B) Mediterranean climate C) Desert climate D) Temperate oceanic climate
A) Kuroshio Current B) North Equatorial Countercurrent C) California Current D) Gulf Stream
A) Under 3,000 mm (118 in) B) Over 7,000 mm (276 in) C) Around 5,000 mm (196 in) D) Approximately 9,000 mm (354 in)
A) Dense tropical moist forests B) Tundra C) Savanna D) Temperate deciduous forests
A) Via long-distance dispersal from the Americas B) From volcanic activity C) Through land bridges during ice ages D) By human introduction
A) They are found at sea level. B) They have no endemic species. C) They are similar to those in Europe. D) They are unique in the eastern Pacific.
A) Entisols B) Spodosols C) Mollisols D) Alfisols
A) 235 B) 90 C) 128 D) 70
A) Approximately 29.8% B) 75% C) 10% D) 50%
A) Avocado (Ocotea insularis) B) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca) C) Melastoma spp. D) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei)
A) 50 m B) 1000 m C) 500 m D) 1600 ft
A) Solanaceae B) Asteraceae C) Rubiaceae D) Leguminosae
A) Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) B) Cecropia pittieri C) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca) D) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei)
A) Aquatic plants B) Epiphytic plants C) Carnivorous plants D) Succulents
A) Washingtonia filifera B) Phoenix dactylifera C) Sabal palmetto D) Euterpe precatoria
A) Thor Heyerdahl B) Alexander von Humboldt C) Captain Wafer D) Charles Darwin
A) Magnetic compass navigation B) Celestial navigation C) Guara navigation D) GPS navigation
A) Cocos nucifera B) Melastoma spp. C) Erythrina fusca D) Sacoglottis holdridgei
A) 74 B) 41 C) 128 D) 90
A) Annonaceae B) Malvaceae C) Rubiaceae D) Solanaceae
A) The goods were returned to the poachers B) It proceeded as planned without interruption C) The auction raised significant funds for protection D) It was stopped immediately after a request by the ship's spokesman |