Marine Life Quiz

1. 10) The ban on whale hunting has helped whale numbers to recover.

A) True

B) False

2. 4) A marine dead zone is a stretch of Ocean where there is too little oxygen for anything to live. It is caused by:

A) Harmful algae blooms

B) fertilizer run-off from farms

C) Pollution of water from sewage

D) All of the above

3. 8) As the Oceans become more acidic because of carbon emissions, something is happening to shellfish. What is it?

A) They are getting bigger.

B) Their shells are thickening

C) Their shells are thinning

D) Their number are growing

4. 5) City aquariums are detrimental to ocean life.

A) True

B) False

5. 3) Coral reefs take up just 0.2% of the ocean's bottom, yet host how much of ocean?

A) 30 %

B) 25 %

C) 15 %

D) 5 %

6. 9) Which threatened or endangered sea turtle has species has the longest migration pattern?

A) Loggerhead

B) Leatherback

C) Green Sea turtle

D) They're all the same

7. 1) How much of the earth's oceans are part of marine protected areas?

A) 8%

B) 20%

C) 1.2%

D) 3 %

8. 2) How many sharks get killed for their fins every year?

A) 5.8 million

B) 10 million

C) 40 million

D) 18.9 million

9. 7) What marine animals are benefitting from over fishing?

A) Bait fish

B) Jelly fish

C) Star fish

D) Plankton

10. 6) Where is the world's dirtiest coastal ecosystem located?

A) Where the Rhine and Meuse rivers empty into the North sea near Rotterdam

B) Where the Ganges river drains into the Sunderbans delta

C) Where the Mekong river empties into the South China sea

D) Where the Mississippi river empties into the Gulf of Mexico