Galapagos: Forces of Change

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Galapagos: Forces of Change

1. What is the name of the most hostile volcano in the Galapagos chain?

1. How often has it erupted in the last 200 years? How high is the caldera?

1. What animal lives at its summit?Where do females need to lay their eggs?

1. Why is laying their eggs in the caldera dangerous?

1. How many highly active volcanoes are there in the Galapagos?

1. What is the fundamental force in the Galapagos?

1. What occurs after eruption?What is the pioneer species (first growing)?

1. What trees grow along the islands shore?How did their seeds get there?

1. What do the trees provide for the animals?

1. Where did the ancestors of the Galapagos fur seals come from?

1. What allows them to hunt in the dark?

1. What is the most unusual “island” in the Galapagos?How tall is it?

1. What is special about the swallow tailed gulls?

1. How large is the volcano that lies under the water?

1. What does the submarine volcanoes cause the Cromwell current (from the West) to do?

1. Which bring what types of creatures up from the deep?

1. What is the current that comes in from the south?From Central America?

1. What do the Barber fish eat off the Big Eye Jacks?Who does it benefit?

1. Coral erosion benefits what creature?

1. What do the Galapagos Garden Eels eat?

1. Why are the Galapagos turtles so dark in color?

1. What season does the HumboldtCurrent bring with it?

1. Where does the boobie get its name from?

1. In a good year how many eggs are laid?

1. What happens to the younger chick in the Nasca boobies?

1. What happens in the Galapagos every 3-10 years?

1. How does it effect the currents?The islands?

1. What does it do to the ocean creatures?

1. What percent of natural habitat is still intact?

1. How many visitors come to the Galapagos each year?

1. What comes along with the people?