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Costa Rica Posters, Art Prints, Charts, & Maps
for social studies educators and homeschoolers, themed decor in studio or office.
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geography > North America > Central America > COSTA RICA < social studies
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The Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish for ‘rich coast’) is in Central America between Panama to the south-southeast and Nicaragua to the north; the Caribbean Sea is to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the south and west.
Costa Rica has two coastal plains separated by central mountains and is noted for its tropical beaches, active volcanoes and rainforests hidden in foggy clouds. Ecotourism, a major source of revenue, is fostered by extensive national parks and protected areas that shield the Earth's richest biodiversity from explotiation.
Other important industries in Costa Rica are electronics, pharmaceuticals, financial outsourcing, and software development. San José, the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, is the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of Central America.
Costa Rica was the first country on Earth to abolish its armed forces constitutionally, in 1949, and refers to itself as the “Switzerland of the Americas”.
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Costa Rica - Central America's most enduring democracy is found in the country whose name means “rich coast” in Spanish. Sixteenth century conquistadores were disappointed when Costa Rica yielded little gold, and agriculture took root as the dominant economic factor. Two-thirds of the inhabitants live in the cool central valley, while the northern hill country holds one of the few pristine rain forests left in the American tropics. Costa Rica boasts the region's highest literacy rate. Its economy, however, is in trouble: Social programs and the high cost of energy have taken their toll, and in 1981 Costa Rica defaulted on its foreign debt. (Text and statistics as of 1986.)
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Cocos Island, 340 miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, was declared a Costa Rican National Park in 1978 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. The World Heritage Site designation was extended in 2002 to include an expanded marine zone; Cocos is also included in the list of “Wetlands of International Importance”. The oceanographer Jacques Cousteau called Cocos Island “the most beautiful island in the world”.
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Biosphere: Adaptations & Biodiversity
Poster Text: An adaption is a change in the structure or function of an organism which allows it to thrive within its environment. It may take physical adaptation such as the size or shape of the organism or it way in which its body works. It may also be a change in an animals behavior. Adaptation is produced through the process of natural selection. As the environment changes, organisms that cannot adapt eventually die. Individuals with the ability to adapt produce more successful offspring. These offspring may carry the adaption forward until the whole species contains organisms which are adapted to the new environment.
An organism's environment consists of many important element whcih can influence adaption. Whether the climate is hot, cold, dry or wet will have an effect on all creatures that live in that environment. The presence of predators will also have an effect. Prey animals must learn to defend themselves or become adept at escaping predators.
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