A) West of Miami, Florida, in Monroe County B) South of Miami, Florida, in Miami-Dade County C) North of Miami, Florida, in Broward County D) East of Miami, Florida, in Palm Beach County
A) Lake Okeechobee and its surrounding marshes B) Biscayne Bay and its offshore barrier reefs C) Florida's Atlantic coastline D) The Everglades wetlands
A) Cypress swamps B) Extensive mangrove forest C) Pine forests D) Oak woodlands
A) Being the southernmost point in Biscayne National Park B) Having the highest elevation in Miami-Dade County C) The largest island and northernmost of the true Florida Keys, formed from fossilized coral reef D) Hosting a large population of American alligators
A) Volcanic islands B) Purely sandy barrier islands C) Transitional islands of coral and sand D) Islands formed from limestone deposits
A) Shallow waters of Biscayne Bay B) Florida mangroves along the shoreline C) Everglades wetlands D) Coral limestone keys
A) Breeding grounds for sea turtles B) A nursery for larval and juvenile fish, molluscs, and crustaceans C) Nesting sites for pelagic birds D) Habitat for large predatory sharks
A) Koalas and kangaroos B) Polar bears and penguins C) Camels and scorpions D) Immature and adult fish, seagrass beds, sponges, soft corals, and manatees
A) Deciduous forests B) Grasslands C) Coniferous trees D) Tropical vegetation including endangered cacti and palms
A) Feeding areas for migratory birds B) Breeding sites for amphibians C) Hunting grounds for large predators D) Nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles
A) Around 500 species B) More than 200 species C) Less than 50 species D) Exactly 100 species
A) Green sea turtles B) Polar bears C) Schaus' swallowtail butterflies D) Smalltooth sawfish
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 Apache tribe C) The Navajo Nation 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) Hosting annual music festivals C) Featuring a mock lighthouse and being the area's most elaborate private retreat D) Serving as a military base during World War II
A) John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie B) Carl G. Fisher, Garfield Wood, and Bebe Rebozo C) Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg D) Thomas Edison and Henry Ford
A) Awarded the ranger with a medal B) Closed Biscayne National Park C) Resigned from the presidency D) Fired then-National Park Service director George Hartzog
A) Jonathan B. Jarvis B) Frank Masland Jr. C) Rogers Morton D) Ron Walker, an unqualified appointment
A) Being a bird sanctuary B) Hosting annual fishing tournaments C) Serving as a military outpost D) Offering offshore gambling and alcohol
A) A training ground for infiltrators into Fidel Castro's Cuba B) A naval base C) A tourist attraction D) A refugee camp
A) Establishment as a military zone B) Creation of a private resort C) Development into a commercial port D) Inclusion in Everglades National Park
A) A backlash against development proposals B) A natural disaster C) An increase in tourism D) Discovery of oil reserves
A) 1968 B) 1980 C) 1990 D) 1972
A) By train B) By foot C) Only by boat D) By car
A) 172,971 acres B) 270.267 sq mi C) 699.99 km2 D) 36.73 km2
A) Miami Formation B) Key Largo limestone C) Coral-based Key Largo limestone D) Ragged Keys
A) The Safety Valve B) The Convoy Point Visitor Center C) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station D) Florida Reef
A) Convoy Point Visitor Center B) Soldier Key C) Cutler Ridge D) Mangrove Point
A) Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station B) Convoy Point Visitor Center C) Cutler Ridge D) Mangrove Point
A) Holocene Epoch B) Pleistocene Epoch C) Sangamonian Stage D) Miocene Epoch
A) 9,075 acres B) 699.99 km2 C) 36.73 km2 D) 270.267 sq mi
A) Oolitic Miami Limestone B) Key Largo limestone C) Wave-deposited sands D) Coral limestone
A) Soldier Key B) Old Rhodes Key C) Sands Key D) Elliott Key
A) 10 ft (3.0 m) B) 5 ft (1.5 m) C) 20 ft (6.1 m) D) 15 ft (4.6 m)
A) 5,000 years ago B) 10,000 years ago C) 7,500 years ago D) 12,000 years ago
A) 1000 CE to about 1650 B) 1500 CE to 1700 CE C) 500 BCE to 1000 CE D) 2000 BCE to 500 BCE
A) Fifty B) Twenty-five C) One hundred D) Seventy-five
A) Christopher Columbus B) Juan Ponce de León C) Hernando de Soto D) Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
A) Ponce Bay B) Chequescha C) Biscayne Bay D) Tequesta Bay
A) A Spanish governor named Biscayne. B) An indigenous word meaning 'land of waters'. C) A shipwrecked Basque sailor known as the 'Biscaino' or 'Viscayno'. D) A French explorer who mapped the area.
A) 50 B) 30 C) 44 D) 60
A) Santo Cristo de Burgos B) Nuestra Senora del Popolo C) San Felipe y Santiago D) Santa Maria de la Consolacion
A) USS Constitution B) Black Pearl C) HMS Fowey D) Queen Anne's Revenge
A) 50 B) 43 C) 44 D) 30
A) 50 mi (80 km) B) 20 mi (32 km) C) 30 mi (48 km) D) 40 mi (64 km)
A) Lime farms. B) Potential fortification sites. C) Pineapple plantations for purchase. D) Escape routes to Cuba.
A) Herbert Hoover. B) John C. Breckinridge. C) Israel Lafayette Jones. D) Carl G. Fisher.
A) Developers of Miami Beach. B) Cuban exiles. C) Hotel managers at Ledbury Lodge. D) Full-time fishing guides at the Cocolobo Club.
A) The Coco Lobo Fishing Club. B) Ledbury Lodge. C) Cocolobo Cay Resort. D) Biscayne Bay Club.
A) The United States Army. B) The Cuban government. C) The National Park Service. D) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
A) Israel Lafayette Jones. B) Carl G. Fisher. C) John C. Breckinridge. D) Exiled Venezuelan president Marcos Pérez Jiménez.
A) 1980 B) 1974 C) 1999 D) 1968
A) SeaDade B) MarineHub C) OceanGate D) BayPort
A) Public Law 90–606 B) Public Law 93-477 C) Public Law 96-287 D) Public Law 99-500
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) A 'blacks-only' segregated beach B) Recreation Shoreline C) Unity Beach D) Dante Beach
A) Hurricane Andrew B) Hurricane Irma C) Tropical Storm Wilma D) Hurricane Katrina
A) All town elections were declared invalid B) The town was expanded to include more land C) Islandia was incorporated as a city D) The town was granted federal funding for development
A) Private powerboats B) Kayaks C) Personal watercraft D) Sailboats
A) Lugano B) Alicia C) Erl King D) Arratoon Apcar
A) Erl King B) Mandalay C) Alicia D) Lugano
A) None B) Six C) Ten D) Twenty-seven
A) 1999 B) 2000 C) 2010 D) 1985
A) 1891 B) 1878 C) 1905 D) 1966
A) 1878 B) 2012 C) 2000 D) 1937
A) Five B) Two C) Four D) Three
A) Island key B) Desert C) Mangrove swamp D) Lagoon
A) Eagles B) Warblers C) Flamingos D) Penguins
A) Emus B) Bald eagles C) Penguins D) Kangaroos
A) Humidity B) Wind speed C) Rainfall D) Temperature
A) Snow crabs B) Giant blue land crabs C) Horseshoe crabs D) Red king crabs
A) Higher salinity levels B) No change in salinity C) Constant salinity levels D) Lower salinity levels
A) Flamingos B) Pelicans C) Penguins D) Migrant raptors
A) American flamingos B) Bald eagles C) Penguins D) Ospreys
A) 1878 B) 2000 C) 1937 D) 1945
A) Temperate B) Desert C) Polar D) Semi-tropical
A) Loggerhead sea turtle B) American crocodile C) American alligator D) Green sea turtle
A) They mainly inhabit fresh waters found farther inland B) They have been relocated to other areas C) They prefer colder climates D) They cannot tolerate saltwater environments
A) Northern gannets B) Red drum C) Gray snapper D) Common bottlenose dolphins
A) Roughly 75 percent B) 50 percent C) 90 percent D) 10 percent
A) Swallowtail butterfly B) Monarch butterfly C) Blue morpho D) Schaus' swallowtail
A) Wilson's plovers B) Owls C) Peregrine falcons D) Eagles
A) Hawks B) Falcons C) Owls D) Eagles
A) Penguins B) Seagulls C) Albatrosses D) Brown pelicans
A) Coral diversity B) Salinity levels C) Algal cover D) Fish populations
A) Smalltooth sawfish B) Magnificent frigatebird C) Brown booby D) Brown pelican
A) Koala B) Polar bear C) Elephant D) Lionfish
A) Brazilian-pepper B) Tuberous sword fern C) Guava D) Portiatree
A) 75 miles per hour B) 141 miles per hour C) 200 miles per hour D) 100 miles per hour
A) Wolves B) Kangaroos C) Penguins D) Burmese pythons
A) Category 5 B) Category 3 C) Category 4 D) Category 2
A) September 10, 1992 B) October 5, 1992 C) August 24, 1992 D) July 15, 1992
A) Maple tree B) Brazilian-pepper C) Pine tree D) Oak tree
A) 150 knots B) 127 knots C) 100 knots D) 200 knots |