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