Overfishing

Overfishing

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Overfishing

Overfishing

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-5

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why is overfishing a problem?

It reduces the fish population.

It leaves the fish population as it is.

It increases the fish population.

It results in holding ponds.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is bycatch?

catching fish with drift nets

fish other than the targeted species, often thrown away

fish that are processed on a fishing vessel

animals other than fish that are caught in nets

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All of the following are human impacts on the oceans: pollution, overfishing, bycatch, and decreased biodiversity.

True

False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following causes an organism to go extinct?

Overharvesting

Sustainable farming

Overfishing

Overharvesting and Overfishing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Overharvesting, overfishing, overgrazing all result in

an increase in biodiversity

a decrease in biodiversity

no change in biodiversity

fluctuations in biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

T or F: Overfishing is a tragedy for commons

true

false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

T or F: Overfishing has not led to the extreme scarcity of fish species

true

false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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