A) Deforestation B) Air pollution C) Overfishing of small fish species D) Illegal poaching of large marine species
A) Costa Rica B) Nicaragua C) Panama D) Colombia
A) Actively supporting conservation B) Promoting sustainable fishing C) Passivity and benefiting corruptly D) Implementing strict regulations
A) China and other Asian countries B) European Union countries C) United States and Canada D) Mexico and Brazil
A) Lack of interest from the public B) Excessive funding C) Overabundance of resources D) Financial and bureaucratic difficulties, and corruption
A) They have been deported immediately B) They have been sentenced to long prison terms C) They have often been quickly released under suspicious circumstances D) They have been fined heavily
A) Marvin Orlando Cerdas B) The President of Costa Rica C) Michael Morales Molina D) The captain of the illegal poaching ship Tiuna
A) Ensured the auction proceeded B) Destroyed the confiscated goods C) Donated the goods to charity D) Stopped the auction for public benefit
A) Moby Dick by Herman Melville B) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson C) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway D) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
A) Desert Island B) Treasure Island C) The Old Man and the Sea D) Moby Dick
A) Off the coast of Venezuela in the Atlantic Ocean B) In the Pacific Ocean near Cocos Island C) In the Indian Ocean D) In the Arctic Ocean
A) Robinson Island B) Cocos Island C) Terra Firma D) Treasure Island
A) The Isthmus of Darien B) The Amazon River C) The Andes Mountains D) The Galapagos Islands
A) Isla del Coco B) Isla del Pacífico C) Isla de Costa Rica D) Isla del Cocos
A) 550 km southwest B) 300 km north C) 700 km west D) 200 km east
A) 23.85 km2 B) 30 km2 C) 10 km2 D) 50 km2
A) Nazca tectonic plate B) Pacific tectonic plate C) Cocos tectonic plate D) South American tectonic plate
A) 2000 B) 1985 C) 1990 D) 1978
A) 2000 B) 2005 C) 2010 D) 1997
A) 12 to 24 hours B) 24 to 36 hours C) 36 to 48 hours D) 48 to 72 hours
A) James Cook B) Ferdinand Magellan C) Christopher Columbus D) Spanish navigator Juan de Cabezas
A) Fish B) Gold C) Two thousand coconuts D) Spices
A) Vasco da Gama B) Ferdinand Magellan C) Captain Edward Belcher D) James Cook
A) 1832 B) 1897 C) 1970 D) 1863
A) No. 100 B) No. 27 C) No. 54 D) No. 1
A) Costa Rican settlers B) German treasure hunters C) 426 Tongan former slaves D) British sailors
A) Cholera B) Tuberculosis C) Malaria D) Smallpox
A) 250 B) 100 C) 38 D) 426
A) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia B) José Figueres Ferrer C) August Gissler D) Juan Mora Fernández
A) Military B) Permanent C) Short-lived D) Scientific
A) 1863 B) 1897 C) 1832 D) May 12, 1970
A) 60110 B) 20002 C) 10001 D) 30003
A) 33 B) 50 C) 10 D) 100
A) Only during elections B) Yes C) Sometimes D) No
A) Sparsely inhabited B) Uninhabited C) Partially inhabited D) Fully inhabited
A) August Gissler B) Benito Bonito C) William Thompson D) Mary Welch
A) 1818 B) 1910 C) 1889 D) 1820
A) $20 billion B) $5 billion C) $10 billion D) $16 billion
A) Captain Bennett Graham B) Aeneas Mackintosh C) Benito Bonito D) William Thompson
A) A few gold coins B) A large cache of jewels C) Nothing at all D) The Treasure of Lima
A) Aeneas Mackintosh B) Jacques Cousteau C) August Gissler D) Captain William Thompson
A) Bajo Alcyone B) Manuelina Garden C) Wafer Bay D) Dos Amigos Grande
A) 500 B) 100 C) 50 D) Over 300
A) 2021 B) 2020 C) 2023 D) 2022
A) granite B) basalt C) limestone D) sandstone
A) Cerro Iglesias B) Mount Galápagos C) Pico Cocos D) Mount Darwin
A) 500 m (1,640 ft) B) 575.5 m (1,888 ft) C) 550 m (1,804 ft) D) 600 m (1,970 ft)
A) four B) three C) two D) one
A) Weston Bay B) Pittier Bay C) Chatham Bay D) Wafer Bay
A) tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af) B) tropical monsoon climate C) tropical savanna climate D) tropical wet and dry climate
A) 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) B) 26.6 °C (79.9 °F) C) 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) D) 28.0 °C (82.4 °F)
A) rainforests B) cloud forests C) coniferous forests D) deciduous forests
A) via human introduction B) via migration from other islands C) via long-distance dispersal from the Americas D) via land bridges
A) entisols B) alfisols C) mollisols D) ultisols
A) the North Equatorial Countercurrent B) the Intertropical Convergence Zone C) the Humboldt Current D) the Gulf Stream
A) 235 B) 300 C) 150 D) 180
A) 70 B) 100 C) 50 D) 90
A) Maple tree B) Pine tree C) Oak tree D) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca)
A) Leguminosae B) Rubiaceae C) Solanaceae D) Asteraceae
A) Oak tree B) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei) C) Cecropia pittieri D) Avocado (Ocotea insularis)
A) Aquatic plants B) Epiphytic plants C) Root plants D) Desert plants
A) Euterpe precatoria B) Palm oil C) Bamboo D) Date palm
A) Pine trees B) Cacti C) Eucalyptus D) Melastoma spp.
A) Compass navigation B) Guara navigation C) Magnetic navigation D) Celestial navigation
A) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) B) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) C) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) D) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
A) Seal B) Dolphin C) Shark D) Whale
A) Rats B) Pigs C) Cats D) Goats
A) Kemp's Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) B) Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) C) Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) D) Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
A) Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) B) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) C) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) D) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
A) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) B) White tern (Gygis alba) C) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) D) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata)
A) Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) B) Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) C) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) D) Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
A) Giant manta (Manta birostris) B) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) C) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) D) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
A) Red-footed booby (Sula sula) B) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) C) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) D) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) |