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