A) Deforestation B) Overfishing of small fish species C) Air pollution D) Illegal poaching of large marine species
A) Nicaragua B) Colombia C) Panama D) Costa Rica
A) Actively supporting conservation B) Promoting sustainable fishing C) Implementing strict regulations D) Passivity and benefiting corruptly
A) Mexico and Brazil B) United States and Canada C) European Union countries D) China and other Asian countries
A) Lack of interest from the public B) Overabundance of resources C) Financial and bureaucratic difficulties, and corruption D) Excessive funding
A) They have been deported immediately B) They have been fined heavily C) They have often been quickly released under suspicious circumstances D) They have been sentenced to long prison terms
A) Marvin Orlando Cerdas B) Michael Morales Molina C) The President of Costa Rica D) The captain of the illegal poaching ship Tiuna
A) Destroyed the confiscated goods B) Donated the goods to charity C) Stopped the auction for public benefit D) Ensured the auction proceeded
A) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway B) Moby Dick by Herman Melville C) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne D) Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A) Desert Island B) Moby Dick C) Treasure Island D) The Old Man and the Sea
A) In the Arctic Ocean B) In the Pacific Ocean near Cocos Island C) In the Indian Ocean D) Off the coast of Venezuela in the Atlantic Ocean
A) Terra Firma B) Treasure Island C) Cocos Island D) Robinson Island
A) The Galapagos Islands B) The Amazon River C) The Andes Mountains D) The Isthmus of Darien
A) Isla del Cocos B) Isla de Costa Rica C) Isla del Pacífico D) Isla del Coco
A) 550 km southwest B) 700 km west C) 200 km east D) 300 km north
A) 50 km2 B) 23.85 km2 C) 30 km2 D) 10 km2
A) South American tectonic plate B) Pacific tectonic plate C) Cocos tectonic plate D) Nazca tectonic plate
A) 2000 B) 1985 C) 1978 D) 1990
A) 2005 B) 2010 C) 1997 D) 2000
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) James Cook D) Spanish navigator Juan de Cabezas
A) Two thousand coconuts B) Fish C) Spices D) Gold
A) Vasco da Gama B) Captain Edward Belcher C) James Cook D) Ferdinand Magellan
A) 1863 B) 1970 C) 1897 D) 1832
A) No. 27 B) No. 1 C) No. 100 D) No. 54
A) 426 Tongan former slaves B) Costa Rican settlers C) German treasure hunters D) British sailors
A) Tuberculosis B) Smallpox C) Cholera D) Malaria
A) 100 B) 250 C) 38 D) 426
A) José Figueres Ferrer B) August Gissler C) Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia D) Juan Mora Fernández
A) Military B) Short-lived C) Permanent D) Scientific
A) May 12, 1970 B) 1897 C) 1832 D) 1863
A) 60110 B) 20002 C) 10001 D) 30003
A) 100 B) 10 C) 33 D) 50
A) No B) Yes C) Sometimes D) Only during elections
A) Fully inhabited B) Partially inhabited C) Sparsely inhabited D) Uninhabited
A) William Thompson B) August Gissler C) Benito Bonito D) Mary Welch
A) 1889 B) 1910 C) 1820 D) 1818
A) $20 billion B) $16 billion C) $5 billion D) $10 billion
A) Aeneas Mackintosh B) William Thompson C) Benito Bonito D) Captain Bennett Graham
A) A large cache of jewels B) Nothing at all C) The Treasure of Lima D) A few gold coins
A) Jacques Cousteau B) Aeneas Mackintosh C) Captain William Thompson D) August Gissler
A) Dos Amigos Grande B) Bajo Alcyone C) Wafer Bay D) Manuelina Garden
A) 100 B) 50 C) 500 D) Over 300
A) 2022 B) 2023 C) 2020 D) 2021
A) granite B) basalt C) limestone D) sandstone
A) Mount Galápagos B) Pico Cocos C) Cerro Iglesias D) Mount Darwin
A) 600 m (1,970 ft) B) 500 m (1,640 ft) C) 575.5 m (1,888 ft) D) 550 m (1,804 ft)
A) four B) one C) three D) two
A) Weston Bay B) Wafer Bay C) Chatham Bay D) Pittier Bay
A) tropical monsoon climate B) tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af) C) tropical wet and dry climate D) tropical savanna climate
A) 26.6 °C (79.9 °F) B) 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) C) 22.0 °C (71.6 °F) D) 28.0 °C (82.4 °F)
A) coniferous forests B) cloud forests C) rainforests D) deciduous forests
A) via long-distance dispersal from the Americas B) via migration from other islands C) via human introduction D) via land bridges
A) alfisols B) ultisols C) mollisols D) entisols
A) the Intertropical Convergence Zone B) the North Equatorial Countercurrent C) the Humboldt Current D) the Gulf Stream
A) 300 B) 180 C) 235 D) 150
A) 70 B) 100 C) 90 D) 50
A) Oak tree B) Pine tree C) Maple tree D) Purple coral tree (Erythrina fusca)
A) Rubiaceae B) Asteraceae C) Leguminosae D) Solanaceae
A) Palo de hierro (Sacoglottis holdridgei) B) Cecropia pittieri C) Avocado (Ocotea insularis) D) Oak tree
A) Desert plants B) Aquatic plants C) Root plants D) Epiphytic plants
A) Bamboo B) Palm oil C) Date palm D) Euterpe precatoria
A) Pine trees B) Cacti C) Melastoma spp. D) Eucalyptus
A) Compass navigation B) Magnetic navigation C) Guara navigation D) Celestial navigation
A) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) B) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) C) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) D) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
A) Shark B) Whale C) Seal D) Dolphin
A) Cats B) Goats C) Rats D) Pigs
A) Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) B) Kemp's Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) C) Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) D) Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
A) Pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) B) Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) C) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) D) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
A) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) B) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) C) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) D) White tern (Gygis alba)
A) Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) B) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) C) Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) D) Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
A) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) B) Sea lion (Zalophus californianus) C) Giant manta (Manta birostris) D) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
A) Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) B) Cocos cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus) C) Red-footed booby (Sula sula) D) Cocos flycatcher (Nesotriccus ridgwayi) |