Sylvia Earle

Who does Sylvia Earle currently work with?

• the US government

• Google

• an oil company

• National geometry centre

When did she first go to the Gulf of Mexico?

• when she was three

• in 2003

• in the 1950s

• when she was an adult

What percentage of animal life had disappeared from the Gulf of Mexico by the year 2000?

• 20 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 90 percent

When was there a big oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico?

• 2000

• 2010

• 2003

• 2020

Which of the statements about Sylvia Earle is NOT true?

• She holds a record for the longest time under water.

• She’s an experienced expedition leader.

• She does one of her favourite activities in her work.

• She was knocked over by a wave

What does she say about her first experience of the sea?

• She was afraid of the waves.

• She enjoyed it very much.

• She was too young to remember it.

• She swam out beyond the waves.

The work that Earle is currently doing is based …

• all over the world.

• in the Gulf of Mexico.

• in North America.

• in Houston, Texas

According to Earle, sixty years ago …

• people never worried about the oceans

• the marine environment wasn’t as important as it is now.

• the problems with the sea were too big to solve at that time.

• it was difficult to imagine that the oceans were in danger.

Which statement is NOT true?

• Not everybody agrees that the sea is very important.

• The ocean is essential to life on Earth.

• We get resources we need from the sea.

• The sea cools down or heats up the land.

According to Sylvia Earle ...

• it will be too difficult to clean up the Gulf of Mexico.

• parts of the Mississippi River are healthy.

• it’s possible to protect marine areas.

• it's impossible to protect marine areas