A) North of Miami, Florida, in Broward County B) East of Miami, Florida, in Palm Beach County C) South of Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County D) West of Miami, Florida, in Monroe County
A) Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding marshes B) The Everglades wetlands C) Florida's Atlantic coastline D) Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs
A) Cypress swamps B) Pine forests C) Oak woodlands D) Extensive mangrove forest
A) Being the southernmost point in Biscayne National Park B) The largest island and northernmost of the true Florida Keys, formed from fossilized coral reef C) Hosting a large population of American alligators D) Having the highest elevation in Miami-Dade County
A) Volcanic islands B) Islands formed from limestone deposits C) Transitional islands of coral and sand D) Purely sandy barrier islands
A) Shallow waters of Biscayne Bay B) Coral limestone keys C) Everglades wetlands D) Florida mangroves along the shoreline
A) Nesting sites for pelagic birds B) Breeding grounds for sea turtles C) A nursery for larval and juvenile fish, molluscs, and crustaceans D) Habitat for large predatory sharks
A) Immature and adult fish, seagrass beds, sponges, soft corals, and manatees B) Koalas and kangaroos C) Camels and scorpions D) Polar bears and penguins
A) Tropical vegetation including endangered cacti and palms B) Grasslands C) Coniferous trees D) Deciduous forests
A) Nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles B) Hunting grounds for large predators C) Breeding sites for amphibians D) Feeding areas for migratory birds
A) Exactly 100 species B) More than 200 species C) Less than 50 species D) Around 500 species
A) Green sea turtles B) Polar bears C) Smalltooth sawfish D) Schaus' swallowtail butterflies
A) The Mayan civilization B) The Inuit tribes C) The people of the Glades culture D) The Aztec civilization
A) The Cherokee Nation B) The Navajo Nation C) The Apache tribe D) The Tequesta people
A) A volcanic eruption B) An earthquake C) A flood D) The occupation by the Tequesta people until the 16th century
A) : Being the first school in Biscayne National Park B) Featuring a mock lighthouse and being the area's most elaborate private retreat C) Serving as a military base during World War II D) Hosting annual music festivals
A) John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie B) Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg C) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford D) Carl G. Fisher, Garfield Wood, and Bebe Rebozo
A) Fired then-National Park Service director George Hartzog B) Resigned from the presidency C) Awarded the ranger with a medal D) Closed Biscayne National Park
A) Frank Masland Jr. B) Ron Walker, an unqualified appointment C) Jonathan B. Jarvis D) Rogers Morton
A) Serving as a military outpost B) Offering offshore gambling and alcohol C) Being a bird sanctuary D) Hosting annual fishing tournaments
A) A tourist attraction B) A refugee camp C) A naval base D) A training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro's Cuba
A) Development into a commercial port B) Inclusion in Everglades National Park C) Creation of a private resort D) Establishment as a military zone
A) A backlash against development proposals B) A natural disaster C) An increase in tourism D) Discovery of oil reserves
A) 1968 B) 1990 C) 1972 D) 1980
A) Only by boat B) By car C) By foot D) By train
A) 270.267 sq mi B) 699.99 km2 C) 172,971 acres D) 36.73 km2
A) Miami Formation B) Key Largo limestone C) Ragged Keys D) Coral-based Key Largo limestone
A) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station B) The Convoy Point Visitor Center C) Florida Reef D) The Safety Valve
A) Cutler Ridge B) Soldier Key C) Mangrove Point D) Convoy Point Visitor Center
A) Mangrove Point B) Convoy Point Visitor Center C) Cutler Ridge D) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
A) Holocene Epoch B) Miocene Epoch C) Sangamonian Stage D) Pleistocene Epoch
A) 36.73 km2 B) 270.267 sq mi C) 699.99 km2 D) 9,075 acres
A) Coral limestone B) Oolitic Miami Limestone C) Wave-deposited sands D) Key Largo limestone
A) Elliott Key B) Sands Key C) Soldier Key D) Old Rhodes Key
A) 5 ft (1.5 m) B) 20 ft (6.1 m) C) 10 ft (3.0 m) D) 15 ft (4.6 m)
A) 7,500 years ago B) 12,000 years ago C) 5,000 years ago D) 10,000 years ago
A) 1000 CE to about 1650 B) 2000 BCE to 500 BCE C) 1500 CE to 1700 CE D) 500 BCE to 1000 CE
A) Twenty-five B) One hundred C) Fifty D) Seventy-five
A) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés B) Hernando de Soto C) Juan Ponce de León D) Christopher Columbus
A) Chequescha B) Biscayne Bay C) Ponce Bay D) Tequesta Bay
A) A Spanish governor named Biscayne. B) A shipwrecked Basque sailor known as the 'Biscaino' or 'Viscayno'. C) A French explorer who mapped the area. D) An indigenous word meaning 'land of waters'.
A) 30 B) 44 C) 60 D) 50
A) Nuestra Senora del Popolo B) Santa Maria de la Consolacion C) San Felipe y Santiago D) Santo Cristo de Burgos
A) USS Constitution B) HMS Fowey C) Black Pearl D) Queen Anne's Revenge
A) 43 B) 30 C) 44 D) 50
A) 30 mi (48 km) B) 20 mi (32 km) C) 40 mi (64 km) D) 50 mi (80 km)
A) Potential fortification sites. B) Escape routes to Cuba. C) Lime farms. D) Pineapple plantations for purchase.
A) John C. Breckinridge. B) Israel Lafayette Jones. C) Herbert Hoover. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) Hotel managers at Ledbury Lodge. B) Full-time fishing guides at the Cocolobo Club. C) Developers of Miami Beach. D) Cuban exiles.
A) Ledbury Lodge. B) The Coco Lobo Fishing Club. C) Biscayne Bay Club. D) Cocolobo Cay Resort.
A) The United States Army. B) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). C) The National Park Service. D) The Cuban government.
A) John C. Breckinridge. B) Exiled Venezuelan president Marcos Pérez Jiménez. C) Israel Lafayette Jones. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) 1968 B) 1974 C) 1980 D) 1999
A) OceanGate B) MarineHub C) BayPort D) SeaDade
A) Public Law 90–606 B) Public Law 99-500 C) Public Law 93-477 D) Public Law 96-287
A) Two new 1117 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors B) An offshore wind farm C) A solar energy facility D) A large coal-fired power plant
A) Unity Beach B) Dante Beach C) A 'blacks-only' segregated beach D) Recreation Shoreline
A) Hurricane Irma B) Hurricane Katrina C) Hurricane Andrew D) Tropical Storm Wilma
A) Islandia was incorporated as a city B) The town was expanded to include more land C) The town was granted federal funding for development D) All town elections were declared invalid
A) Kayaks B) Sailboats C) Private powerboats D) Personal watercraft
A) Erl King B) Alicia C) Lugano D) Arratoon Apcar
A) Mandalay B) Alicia C) Lugano D) Erl King
A) Ten B) Six C) Twenty-seven D) None
A) 2000 B) 1985 C) 2010 D) 1999
A) 1905 B) 1878 C) 1966 D) 1891
A) 1937 B) 1878 C) 2000 D) 2012
A) Three B) Four C) Two D) Five
A) Mangrove swamp B) Island key C) Lagoon D) Desert
A) Eagles B) Warblers C) Flamingos D) Penguins
A) Penguins B) Emus C) Kangaroos D) Bald eagles
A) Humidity B) Wind speed C) Temperature D) Rainfall
A) Giant blue land crabs B) Horseshoe crabs C) Snow crabs D) Red king crabs
A) No change in salinity B) Higher salinity levels C) Lower salinity levels D) Constant salinity levels
A) Flamingos B) Pelicans C) Migrant raptors D) Penguins
A) Ospreys B) Bald eagles C) Penguins D) American flamingos
A) 1945 B) 2000 C) 1878 D) 1937
A) Semi-tropical B) Desert C) Temperate D) Polar
A) American crocodile B) American alligator C) Green sea turtle D) Loggerhead sea turtle
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) Red drum B) Northern gannets C) Common bottlenose dolphins D) Gray snapper
A) Roughly 75 percent B) 10 percent C) 50 percent D) 90 percent
A) Swallowtail butterfly B) Monarch butterfly C) Schaus' swallowtail D) Blue morpho
A) Eagles B) Wilson's plovers C) Owls D) Peregrine falcons
A) Hawks B) Owls C) Eagles D) Falcons
A) Seagulls B) Albatrosses C) Penguins D) Brown pelicans
A) Coral diversity B) Fish populations C) Algal cover D) Salinity levels
A) Brown pelican B) Magnificent frigatebird C) Brown booby D) Smalltooth sawfish
A) Elephant B) Polar bear C) Lionfish D) Koala
A) Brazilian-pepper B) Portiatree C) Guava D) Tuberous sword fern
A) 200 miles per hour B) 100 miles per hour C) 141 miles per hour D) 75 miles per hour
A) Penguins B) Kangaroos C) Wolves D) Burmese pythons
A) Category 4 B) Category 5 C) Category 3 D) Category 2
A) July 15, 1992 B) October 5, 1992 C) September 10, 1992 D) August 24, 1992
A) Oak tree B) Maple tree C) Pine tree D) Brazilian-pepper
A) 200 knots B) 127 knots C) 100 knots D) 150 knots |