Quiz about Ecostudent Challenge 100 Question Quiz

Question 1

When should you avoid swimming in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

dawn, dusk, or at night as this is when sharks are most likely to feed

Answer

the ocean is never dangerous

Question 2

Great white sharks can detect a single drop of blood in how many gallons of water?

Accepted Answer

25 gallons

Answer

1 gallon

Question 3

Giant manta rays have a wingspan of more than how many feet?

Accepted Answer

20 feet

Answer

200 feet

Question 4

True or False- Manta rays have the largest brains of any species of fish. They can recognize their own reflection, and show signs of self awareness.

Accepted Answer

True- they have scored high on intelligence tests.

Answer

False- they are just basic aquatic organisms.

Question 5

What are some areas of the world that manta rays have been found?

Accepted Answer

Tropical, subtropical, temperate oceans, all across the globe!

Answer

Only in rivers and lakes

Question 6

Why are manta rays under threat of extinction?

Accepted Answer

They are hunted for their gills and poor fishing practices.

Answer

They are not threatened by extinction

Question 7

What is the area of the ocean that is depleted of oxygen and causes marine animals to suffocate?

Accepted Answer

A dead zone

Answer

a healthy area of water

Question 8

What are some nutrients that are added to help grow crops, but eventually end up in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen and phosphorus

Answer

Oxygen and Water

Question 9

What would you see in a dead zone?

Accepted Answer

The water is likely free of fish, shrimp and other normal species. You might see hundreds to thousands of dead fish on the beach.

Answer

Large populations of fish, shrimp and other species.

Question 10

About how large is the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

8,500 square miles

Answer

there is no dead zone there

Question 11

What waterway do the chemicals travel down to the Gulf of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi River

Answer

Allegheny River

Question 12

What can you do to help shrink the dead zone?

Accepted Answer

Support local farms that do not use excessive chemicals on their farms.

Answer

Pour more chemicals into the water to help get rid of the other chemicals.

Question 13

What are some large cities that have banned the plastic bag from stores?

Accepted Answer

Seattle, San Francisco, Boston

Answer

Plastic bags are not banned from any locations

Question 14

How many plastic bags are used each year

Accepted Answer

FIVE Trillion

Answer

FOUR hundred

Question 15

Plastic bags are used for an average of how many minutes?

Accepted Answer

12 minutes

Answer

1 year

Question 16

How many years does it take to break down a plastic bag in a landfill?

Accepted Answer

500- 1,000 years

Answer

50- 100 years

Question 17

What are plastic bags made from?

Accepted Answer

Oil- releasing their emissions into our air is contributing to climate change.

Answer

recycled tires

Question 18

Americans use about 100 billion plastic bags every year, which requires how many gallons of oil

Accepted Answer

12 million gallons

Answer

1 gallon

Question 19

Of the millions of plastic bags we use each year, what percentage is actually recycled?

Accepted Answer

1%

Answer

100%

Question 20

It is estimated that at least (how many) mammals and birds die from plastic bags each year- the numbers of fish killed by plastic bags are unknown.

Accepted Answer

100,000 animals

Answer

100 animals

Question 21

True or false- Paper coffee cups and plastic straws are recyclable.

Accepted Answer

FALSE- coffee cups have a plastic lining and plastic straws are too small for recycling centers.

Answer

True- you should always recycle everything.

Question 22

What are some ways you can use less coffee cups and straws?

Accepted Answer

Use a thermos, reusable metal straws/ bamboo straws etc

Answer

Stop drinking coffee and other things you enjoy

Question 23

Where can you recycle plastic bags?

Accepted Answer

Many schools have recycling programs, plus grocery stores

Answer

Plastic bags cannot be recycled

Question 24

How many plastic straws are used every day in the USA?

Accepted Answer

About 500 million every day!

Answer

500

Question 25

In 2016, the World WildLife Foundation reported that plastic waste is expected to _____ within the next 15 years?

Accepted Answer

double in quantity

Answer

decrease to zero

Question 26

What can you do to help protect the ocean and keep it clean?

Accepted Answer

Avoid single use plastics, reusable products, never litter, clean up the beach, give support (like with this competition!)

Answer

You can only help of you live near the ocean.

Question 27

Sharks do not have a single bone in their body, what do they have?

Accepted Answer

Cartilage, give them more flexibility, reduces weight and preserves energy!

Answer

Sharks have bones.

Question 28

Unlike humans who rely on their limited 5 senses, sharks can rely on another sense called:

Accepted Answer

Electroreception

Answer

Electronics

Question 29

What sharks are considered to be the trashcans of the sea?

Accepted Answer

Tiger sharks- they are about 15 ft long and more than 1,300 pounds. They eat anything in their path.

Answer

Garbageadons- they are 2 feet long and are green.

Question 30

What is the one type of shark that can live in fresh water?

Accepted Answer

<ol><li>Bull shark</li></ol>

Answer

Agua shark

Question 31

Fossil evidence has shown that sea turtles once shared the planet with what?

Accepted Answer

Dinosaurs

Answer

Aliens

Question 32

How long have sea turtles been on our Earth

Accepted Answer

About 110 million years

Answer

About 110,000 years

Question 33

What is the largest species of sea turtles?

Accepted Answer

Leatherback turtle- they can grow to 7 ft in length and weigh more than 2,000 pounds.

Answer

Pennsylvania box turtle

Question 34

There are seven species of sea turtle, how many of these are considered endangered?

Accepted Answer

Six of the seven species

Answer

One of the seven species

Question 35

The frilled shark looks more like an eel than a shark. How many teeth does it have?

Accepted Answer

300 teeth, in 25 rows!

Answer

32 teeth, almost like humans

Question 36

This shark has pinkish colored translucent skin and has a long snout that has protruding jaws filled with teeth.

Accepted Answer

Goblin shark

Answer

Axolotle Shark

Question 37

Hammerheads often travel in schools, of how many?

Accepted Answer

100 + travel together

Answer

5-10

Question 38

Pennsylvania boasts more miles of streams than almost any other state- how many miles of streams and river miles?

Accepted Answer

86,000 miles

Answer

10,000 miles

Question 39

The area of land over which all water drains downhill through a series of streams and rivers into a common outlet is a ______________

Accepted Answer

watershed

Answer

waterfall

Question 40

Approximately how many people live in the Ohio River Basin?

Accepted Answer

Approximately 25 million

Answer

Approximately 10 million

Question 41

49. Where does water from the Allegheny River eventually flow into?

Accepted Answer

Mississippi River

Answer

Monongahela River

Question 42

There are three processes within a watershed that can protect water quality if pre- served, they are:

Accepted Answer

water capture, water storage, and water release.

Answer

Concrete, plastic, and metal

Question 43

What is the biggest watershed in PA?

Accepted Answer

The Susquehanna River

Answer

Mississippi River Watershed

Question 44

The Susquehanna River drains the largest watershed (48 percent) and supplies ___ percent of the freshwater flowing into the Chesapeake Bay

Accepted Answer

55

Answer

100

Question 45

The Allegheny River has one of the most diverse fish communities of any water in the state. How many different species of fish?

Accepted Answer

over 70

Answer

less than 10

Question 46

When the rivers flourish and are filled with fish, what are two common predators found?

Accepted Answer

Bears and eagles

Answer

Sharks and alligators

Question 47

What had altered the landscape topography so much that the drainage patterns in Western Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

Glacial erosion and deposition

Answer

Volcanic activity

Question 48

Mining for coal to fuel these massive mills led to polluted rivers through?

Accepted Answer

acid mine drainage

Answer

air pollution

Question 49

The invention of what allowed for the shipment and dispersal of steel to other industries, but at the cost of the environment?

Accepted Answer

steamboats and railroads

Answer

wind turbine

Question 50

Rachel Carson, a Pittsburgh native, was instrumental in uncovering ecological threats in 1962 through her book

Accepted Answer

Silent Spring

Answer

Loud Summer

Question 51

What are some professional groups that work towards improved waterways?

Accepted Answer

Allegheny County Conservation District and the Western PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Answer

Fishing clubs

Question 52

Which river is commonly cited as the most polluted river in the United States.

Accepted Answer

The Ohio River

Answer

The Erie River

Question 53

Powdermill Nature Reserve is the biological research station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, one of the four?

Accepted Answer

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Answer

Forests of Allegheny

Question 54

The Powdermill Avian Research Center bird banding program is the longest- running, year-round, professional bird banding operation in the?

Accepted Answer

country

Answer

city

Question 55

The National Aviary is home to more than ______________________ birds

representing more than ______________________________ species

from around the world, many of them threatened or endangered in the wild.

Accepted Answer

500 and 150

Answer

5 and 15

Question 56

The living parts of an ecosystem are _______________________

Accepted Answer

biotic

Answer

abiotic

Question 57

All the living and nonliving things in an area interact to form an _______________.

Accepted Answer

environment

Answer

diversity

Question 58

An ecosystem that has many kinds of living things has a lot of ______________________.

Accepted Answer

diversity

Answer

sunlight

Question 59

Several kinds of plants and animals living in the same place form a ________________________.

Accepted Answer

<ol><li>community</li></ol>

Answer

country

Question 60

The earth is home to over how many animal species?

Accepted Answer

2 million

Answer

2 thousand

Question 61

What are the three types of fossil fuels?

Accepted Answer

coal, oil, natural gas

Answer

air

Question 62

Trash in a stream is one kind of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

pollution

Answer

food

Question 63

Fossil fuels have been an important source of energy since what major time in American history?

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution

Answer

The American Revolution

Question 64

Each ton of recycled paper can save how many trees?

Accepted Answer

17 trees

Answer

1 tree

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