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Education, Biology, Geography
9th -
12thgrade
Human intervention in the Mediterranean marine ecosystem
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Is there a connection between climate change and biodiversity?
no there is no connection
Land and marine ecosystems play an important role in climate regulation
Climate change is affecting biodiversity
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why Is the Sea Important?
Because it looks good
Because it produces fresh water
Because it provides us with food,plants and oxygen
Because you can swim in it
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Mediterranean Sea is vulnerable to pollution because:
The waters need 50 years to be renewed
The waters are shallow and blurred
The Mediterranean is poor in animal populations
- 4. Multiple Choice
how many years does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?
10,000
500
100
40
- 5. Multiple Choice
What do scientists call plastics when they break down into tiny pieces?
Microtrash
Microparticles
Microplastics
Macroplastics
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following animals belong to the Mediterranean marine ecosystem?
- 7. Multiple Choice
Marine animals in Mediterranean Sea are endangered by:
all the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why are ships a danger to marine animals?
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why do marine animals eat plastic?
Plastic smells like their normal food source.
Plastic is easier to digest than their normal food source.
Plastic looks like their normal food source.
Plastic has more nutritional value than their normal food source.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Sea turtles are?
Amphibians
Mammals
Reptiles
Fish
- 11. Multiple Choice
How many marine turtle species can regularly be found in the Mediterranean basin?
- 12. Multiple Choice
Is it true that each turtle travels the sea for decades?
- 13. Multiple Choice
How long can a sea turtle hold its breath under water?
few minutes
hours or days
weeks
over a month
- 14. Multiple Choice
What does a sea turtle feed on?
- 15. Multiple Choice
To lay their eggs, sea turtles return to the beach where they were born every 2-5 years.
- 16. Multiple Choice
How is the process of creating new offspring of the sea turtle called?
birth
viviparity
oviparity
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where do sea turtles lay their eggs?
- 18. Multiple Choice
How many hatchlings come out from each nest and head to the sea ?
about 70
10
less than 40
5
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why don't many hatchlings make it to the sea?
Predators
Τhey are born blind
Tornadoes
They're lazy
- 20. Multiple Choice
Tourism is a negative factor for the reproduction of the sea turtle because:
sea turtles are losing their nesting beaches
Light makes it hard for turtles to orientate
Umbrellas block their passage
Tourists eat their eggs
- 21. Multiple Choice
What are the greatest dangers for sea turtles?
Snails
Humans and sharks
Sea turtles
Dinosaurs
- 22. Multiple Choice
Natural challenges are more dangerous for sea turtles survival than human intervention in their ecosystem.
- 23. Multiple Choice
The solution is
strong lighting on the beaches
protected coastal and marine areas
fishing under limits
tourism ban
nets with special exit for turtles
- 24. Multiple Choice
How many Mediterranean countries have set up a cooperation network to monitor and protect the sea turtle?
only 2
5 countries
13 countries
there is no such network
- 25. Multiple Choice
How can we help sea turtles stay healthy and safe?
Do nothing
Not littering and not touching the nests
By feeding them fruits and vegetables
Driving on the beach
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