A) West of Miami, Florida, in Monroe County B) South of Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County C) North of Miami, Florida, in Broward County D) East of Miami, Florida, in Palm Beach County
A) Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs B) The Everglades wetlands C) Florida's Atlantic coastline D) Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding marshes
A) Pine forests B) Extensive mangrove forest C) Oak woodlands D) Cypress swamps
A) The largest island and northernmost of the true Florida Keys, formed from fossilized coral reef B) Having the highest elevation in Miami-Dade County C) Being the southernmost point in Biscayne National Park D) Hosting a large population of American alligators
A) Volcanic islands B) Purely sandy barrier islands C) Transitional islands of coral and sand D) Islands formed from limestone deposits
A) Everglades wetlands B) Coral limestone keys C) Shallow waters of Biscayne Bay D) Florida mangroves along the shoreline
A) Breeding grounds for sea turtles B) A nursery for larval and juvenile fish, molluscs, and crustaceans C) Habitat for large predatory sharks D) Nesting sites for pelagic birds
A) Camels and scorpions B) Polar bears and penguins C) Immature and adult fish, seagrass beds, sponges, soft corals, and manatees D) Koalas and kangaroos
A) Grasslands B) Coniferous trees C) Tropical vegetation including endangered cacti and palms D) Deciduous forests
A) Breeding sites for amphibians B) Hunting grounds for large predators C) Nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles D) Feeding areas for migratory birds
A) Exactly 100 species B) More than 200 species C) Around 500 species D) Less than 50 species
A) Smalltooth sawfish B) Schaus' swallowtail butterflies C) Green sea turtles D) Polar bears
A) The Inuit tribes B) The Aztec civilization C) The people of the Glades culture D) The Mayan civilization
A) The Tequesta people B) The Navajo Nation C) The Cherokee Nation D) The Apache tribe
A) A flood B) The occupation by the Tequesta people until the 16th century C) An earthquake D) A volcanic eruption
A) Featuring a mock lighthouse and being the area's most elaborate private retreat B) : Being the first school in Biscayne National Park C) Serving as a military base during World War II D) Hosting annual music festivals
A) John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie B) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford C) Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg D) Carl G. Fisher, Garfield Wood, and Bebe Rebozo
A) Awarded the ranger with a medal B) Closed Biscayne National Park C) Fired then-National Park Service director George Hartzog D) Resigned from the presidency
A) Frank Masland Jr. B) Rogers Morton C) Jonathan B. Jarvis D) Ron Walker, an unqualified appointment
A) Serving as a military outpost B) Being a bird sanctuary C) Hosting annual fishing tournaments D) Offering offshore gambling and alcohol
A) A naval base B) A training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro's Cuba C) A tourist attraction D) A refugee camp
A) Establishment as a military zone B) Creation of a private resort C) Development into a commercial port D) Inclusion in Everglades National Park
A) Discovery of oil reserves B) An increase in tourism C) A natural disaster D) A backlash against development proposals
A) 1972 B) 1968 C) 1980 D) 1990
A) By car B) By foot C) By train D) Only by boat
A) 699.99 km2 B) 36.73 km2 C) 270.267 sq mi D) 172,971 acres
A) Miami Formation B) Ragged Keys C) Coral-based Key Largo limestone D) Key Largo limestone
A) Florida Reef B) The Convoy Point Visitor Center C) The Safety Valve D) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
A) Convoy Point Visitor Center B) Cutler Ridge C) Mangrove Point D) Soldier Key
A) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station B) Mangrove Point C) Cutler Ridge D) Convoy Point Visitor Center
A) Pleistocene Epoch B) Miocene Epoch C) Holocene Epoch D) Sangamonian Stage
A) 699.99 km2 B) 36.73 km2 C) 270.267 sq mi D) 9,075 acres
A) Coral limestone B) Key Largo limestone C) Oolitic Miami Limestone D) Wave-deposited sands
A) Sands Key B) Elliott Key C) Old Rhodes Key D) Soldier Key
A) 5 ft (1.5 m) B) 15 ft (4.6 m) C) 10 ft (3.0 m) D) 20 ft (6.1 m)
A) 12,000 years ago B) 7,500 years ago C) 10,000 years ago D) 5,000 years ago
A) 1500 CE to 1700 CE B) 2000 BCE to 500 BCE C) 500 BCE to 1000 CE D) 1000 CE to about 1650
A) Seventy-five B) Twenty-five C) Fifty D) One hundred
A) Juan Ponce de León B) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés C) Hernando de Soto D) Christopher Columbus
A) Tequesta Bay B) Ponce Bay C) Chequescha D) Biscayne Bay
A) A Spanish governor named Biscayne. B) An indigenous word meaning 'land of waters'. C) A shipwrecked Basque sailor known as the 'Biscaino' or 'Viscayno'. D) A French explorer who mapped the area.
A) 50 B) 44 C) 60 D) 30
A) Nuestra Senora del Popolo B) Santo Cristo de Burgos C) San Felipe y Santiago D) Santa Maria de la Consolacion
A) Queen Anne's Revenge B) USS Constitution C) Black Pearl D) HMS Fowey
A) 43 B) 30 C) 44 D) 50
A) 50 mi (80 km) B) 30 mi (48 km) C) 20 mi (32 km) D) 40 mi (64 km)
A) Lime farms. B) Escape routes to Cuba. C) Potential fortification sites. D) Pineapple plantations for purchase.
A) Israel Lafayette Jones. B) Herbert Hoover. C) Carl G. Fisher. D) John C. Breckinridge.
A) Hotel managers at Ledbury Lodge. B) Developers of Miami Beach. C) Full-time fishing guides at the Cocolobo Club. D) Cuban exiles.
A) Biscayne Bay Club. B) The Coco Lobo Fishing Club. C) Cocolobo Cay Resort. D) Ledbury Lodge.
A) The United States Army. B) The Cuban government. C) The National Park Service. D) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
A) John C. Breckinridge. B) Exiled Venezuelan president Marcos Pérez Jiménez. C) Israel Lafayette Jones. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) 1974 B) 1999 C) 1980 D) 1968
A) SeaDade B) MarineHub C) OceanGate D) BayPort
A) Public Law 96-287 B) Public Law 90–606 C) Public Law 93-477 D) Public Law 99-500
A) An offshore wind farm B) A solar energy facility C) A large coal-fired power plant D) Two new 1117 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors
A) A 'blacks-only' segregated beach B) Unity Beach C) Dante Beach D) Recreation Shoreline
A) Hurricane Katrina B) Hurricane Andrew C) Tropical Storm Wilma D) Hurricane Irma
A) The town was granted federal funding for development B) The town was expanded to include more land C) Islandia was incorporated as a city D) All town elections were declared invalid
A) Kayaks B) Private powerboats C) Sailboats D) Personal watercraft
A) Arratoon Apcar B) Alicia C) Erl King D) Lugano
A) Erl King B) Lugano C) Mandalay D) Alicia
A) Six B) Ten C) Twenty-seven D) None
A) 2000 B) 1985 C) 1999 D) 2010
A) 1905 B) 1966 C) 1878 D) 1891
A) 1937 B) 2012 C) 1878 D) 2000
A) Three B) Four C) Five D) Two
A) Desert B) Island key C) Lagoon D) Mangrove swamp
A) Eagles B) Warblers C) Penguins D) Flamingos
A) Emus B) Penguins C) Bald eagles D) Kangaroos
A) Humidity B) Temperature C) Rainfall D) Wind speed
A) Giant blue land crabs B) Snow crabs C) Red king crabs D) Horseshoe crabs
A) No change in salinity B) Higher salinity levels C) Lower salinity levels D) Constant salinity levels
A) Penguins B) Pelicans C) Flamingos D) Migrant raptors
A) Ospreys B) Penguins C) American flamingos D) Bald eagles
A) 1878 B) 1937 C) 1945 D) 2000
A) Temperate B) Semi-tropical C) Polar D) Desert
A) Loggerhead sea turtle B) American crocodile C) Green sea turtle D) American alligator
A) They have been relocated to other areas B) They mainly inhabit fresh waters found farther inland C) They prefer colder climates D) They cannot tolerate saltwater environments
A) Northern gannets B) Red drum C) Gray snapper D) Common bottlenose dolphins
A) 90 percent B) Roughly 75 percent C) 50 percent D) 10 percent
A) Monarch butterfly B) Schaus' swallowtail C) Swallowtail butterfly D) Blue morpho
A) Owls B) Wilson's plovers C) Eagles D) Peregrine falcons
A) Owls B) Eagles C) Falcons D) Hawks
A) Penguins B) Seagulls C) Brown pelicans D) Albatrosses
A) Salinity levels B) Algal cover C) Coral diversity D) Fish populations
A) Brown pelican B) Smalltooth sawfish C) Brown booby D) Magnificent frigatebird
A) Koala B) Elephant C) Polar bear D) Lionfish
A) Guava B) Brazilian-pepper C) Portiatree D) Tuberous sword fern
A) 141 miles per hour B) 75 miles per hour C) 200 miles per hour D) 100 miles per hour
A) Wolves B) Kangaroos C) Penguins D) Burmese pythons
A) Category 2 B) Category 5 C) Category 4 D) Category 3
A) August 24, 1992 B) October 5, 1992 C) July 15, 1992 D) September 10, 1992
A) Pine tree B) Maple tree C) Brazilian-pepper D) Oak tree
A) 150 knots B) 127 knots C) 100 knots D) 200 knots |