A World Without Fish

According to Mark Kurlansky, what is a coral reef?

• a reef of plants

• a complex ecosystem that houses a wide variety of plants and animals

• a place where animals live

• a lake or river

Who was the first to use the beam trawl?

• America

• Britain

• Europe

• Australia

Where is the North Sea?

• New England

• In Scotland, England, France, & Belgium

• North Atlantic

• Surrounded by France, Belgium, England, & Scotland

What are commercial fish?

• fish on commercials

• one of the most threatened fish

• fish that live in a house

• the most commonly eaten fish

Who was one of the great thinkers?

• Mark Kurlansky

• Frank Stockton

• Charles Darwin

• Robinson Crusoe

When did innovations in fishing begin?

• the eighteenth century

• the nineteenth century

• the seventeenth century

• the tenth century

What class and order are humans in?

• mammals, primates

• vertebrates, genus

• invertebrates, fish

• all of the above

What would happen if we went back to a time long before the dinosaurs?

• There would only be small fish.

• Everything would be free to roam and prosper.

• In time, all fish would disappear.

• There would be more fish.

According to Mark Kurlansky, what does the survival of the planet depend on?

• sharks

• blue whale

• biodiversity

• fish

What is in danger of happening to commercial fish?

• making the top 40 species list

• mixing with other fish

• disappearing

• a population increase