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