BIO 357 Exam 1
How far away are the Galapagos from Ecuador? - answer960 km
How many major islands are there in the Galapagos? - answer13
official name for the Galapagos - answer Archipelago de colon
oceanic islands - answer come from volcanic activity that builds up
continental islands - answer an island that was once part of a continent
what islands are the Galapagos - answer oceanic islands
hot spot under the islands is formed by... - answer the nazca plate
the youngest islands are in the... - answer northern and western part
the oldest islands are in the ... - answersoutheastern part
island that is the oldest - answerespanol
what does a typical volcano look like - answeran upside down cereal bowl
what are the volcanos called - answershield volcanos
what are holes in the ground where hot steam is spewed from - answerfumaroles, and
yellow salt crystals can be found there
some islands subsistence results in (Santa Cruz) - answerpit craters
two forms of lava - answerpahoehoe - ropey, looks like coiled rope
aa - rough lava
this is what happens when lava hardens and cools towards the sea and the inside is
hollowed out - answerlava tunnels
upright rock formations are called - answertuff cones (kicker rock and pinnacle rock)
a crack where sea water shoots up from a wave crashing in on the shore - answerblow
hole (Punta Suarez)
most beaches in the Galapagos are - answerrocky because of lava hardening
, some beaches come from erosions which makes them (what color) - answerwhite
other more sheltered islands there are beaches that are (what color) - answerred black
brown and green
what was Darwin most interested in when he was younger - answergeology
Isabela Island - answerAlbemarle, inhabited
4588 km2 1707m
opuntia insularis (prickly pear cactus)
darwiniothamnus (thin leaf Darwin's shrub)
a couple villages, villamil is @ the bottom of Sierra negra
cauldera of Sierra negra is the 2nd widest in the world
Santa Cruz Island - answerindefatigable, inhabited
scalesia pedunculata (tree scalesia)
jasminocereus thouarsii (candelabra cactus)
opuntia echios var. gigantea (giant prickly pear cactus)
puerto ayora
Charles Darwin research station
Galapagos national park service
Fernandina - answernarborough
642 km; 1494 m
Avicenna germinans (black mangrove)
laguncalaria racemosa (white mangrove) rhizophora mangle (red mangrove)
flightless cormorants make nests from seaweed
Santiago - answerJames, inhabited
585 km; 907 m
conocarpus erecta (button mangrove)
hippomane mancinella (poison apple)
great place to see pahoehoe lava
flamingoes
San Cristobal - answerChatham, inhabited
558 km; 907 m
lecocarpus darwinii (curved spine lecocarpus)
el junco lake
puerto baquerizo Moreno
red billed tropic birds
Floreana - answercharles, inhabited
173km; 640m
lecocarpus pinnatifidus (winged fruit lecocarpus)
How far away are the Galapagos from Ecuador? - answer960 km
How many major islands are there in the Galapagos? - answer13
official name for the Galapagos - answer Archipelago de colon
oceanic islands - answer come from volcanic activity that builds up
continental islands - answer an island that was once part of a continent
what islands are the Galapagos - answer oceanic islands
hot spot under the islands is formed by... - answer the nazca plate
the youngest islands are in the... - answer northern and western part
the oldest islands are in the ... - answersoutheastern part
island that is the oldest - answerespanol
what does a typical volcano look like - answeran upside down cereal bowl
what are the volcanos called - answershield volcanos
what are holes in the ground where hot steam is spewed from - answerfumaroles, and
yellow salt crystals can be found there
some islands subsistence results in (Santa Cruz) - answerpit craters
two forms of lava - answerpahoehoe - ropey, looks like coiled rope
aa - rough lava
this is what happens when lava hardens and cools towards the sea and the inside is
hollowed out - answerlava tunnels
upright rock formations are called - answertuff cones (kicker rock and pinnacle rock)
a crack where sea water shoots up from a wave crashing in on the shore - answerblow
hole (Punta Suarez)
most beaches in the Galapagos are - answerrocky because of lava hardening
, some beaches come from erosions which makes them (what color) - answerwhite
other more sheltered islands there are beaches that are (what color) - answerred black
brown and green
what was Darwin most interested in when he was younger - answergeology
Isabela Island - answerAlbemarle, inhabited
4588 km2 1707m
opuntia insularis (prickly pear cactus)
darwiniothamnus (thin leaf Darwin's shrub)
a couple villages, villamil is @ the bottom of Sierra negra
cauldera of Sierra negra is the 2nd widest in the world
Santa Cruz Island - answerindefatigable, inhabited
scalesia pedunculata (tree scalesia)
jasminocereus thouarsii (candelabra cactus)
opuntia echios var. gigantea (giant prickly pear cactus)
puerto ayora
Charles Darwin research station
Galapagos national park service
Fernandina - answernarborough
642 km; 1494 m
Avicenna germinans (black mangrove)
laguncalaria racemosa (white mangrove) rhizophora mangle (red mangrove)
flightless cormorants make nests from seaweed
Santiago - answerJames, inhabited
585 km; 907 m
conocarpus erecta (button mangrove)
hippomane mancinella (poison apple)
great place to see pahoehoe lava
flamingoes
San Cristobal - answerChatham, inhabited
558 km; 907 m
lecocarpus darwinii (curved spine lecocarpus)
el junco lake
puerto baquerizo Moreno
red billed tropic birds
Floreana - answercharles, inhabited
173km; 640m
lecocarpus pinnatifidus (winged fruit lecocarpus)
