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