GEER 2021 Trivia | Welcome Social 5. The Everglades is the only place in the world where a. there is a pronounced wet and dry

1. For two years prior to its dedication as a season national park, 400,000 acres of what is now b. alligators and crocodiles co-exist was the c. Burmese pythons occur a. Royal Palm State Park d. land subsidence is a major problem b. Everglades National Wildlife Refuge e. sawgrass grows c. Everglades Wilderness Area d. Tropical Everglades Recreation Area 6. Which of these attractions is NOT within the boundaries of Everglades National Park? a. Loop Road Educational Center 2. Which of the follow is true about the Arthur R. b. Long Pine Key Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge? c. Gumbo Limbo Trail a. It was established in 1951 under the d. Flamingo Visitor Center authority of the Migratory Bird e. West Lake Conservation Act of 1929 b. It is a national wildlife refuge 7. The relative sea level rise at over the overlaid mostly on state-owned past 100 years has been ___ ft. land a. 0.51 c. Its impoundments were created to b. 0.65 attract ducks for duck hunters c. 0.82 d. The Strazzulla Marsh on the east d. 1.10 side of the refuge is part of the e. 1.58 refuge e. All of the above 8. Which palm is not native to ? a. Paurotis palm 3. Which person was responsible for making the b. Cabbage palm first major efforts to drain to c. Buccaneer palm the in the late 1880s? d. Coconut palm a. Napolean Bonaparte Broward e. Dwarf palmetto palm b. c. 9. In what year did the major hurricane occur that d. killed more than 2,500 people around Lake e. Tom Watson Okeechobee? a. 1913 4. During planning and design of the Central and b. 1928 Southern Flood Control Project in the early c. 1933 1950s, they predicted the population of the d. 1947 project area to be 2,000,000 by the year 2000. e. 1954 What was the actual population of that area by 2000 (approximate numbers)? 10. Which of the following algae is not likely to a. 2,000,000 cause a harmful algae bloom! b. 4,000,000 a. Desmids c. 7,000,000 b. Microcystis d. 10,000,000 c. Anabaena e. 15,000,000 d. Cylindrospermopsis e. Dinoflagellates