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MPA: Making People Awesome

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does MPA stand for?

a)

Making People Awesome

b)

Marine Private Area

c)

Marine Protected Area

d)

Marine Protected Animals

2.

What do MPAs Regulate?

a)

Recreation and Boating

b)

Human "Activity"

c)

Human "Take"

d)

Animal Wellbeing

3.

What Do MPAs Protect?

a)

Whole Ecosystems

b)

Sandy Bottom Ecosystems

c)

Kelp and other Algae

d)

Fish

4.

What is a BOFFF?

a)

No idea

b)

A Sushi Roll

c)

An Acronym for a healthy female fish

d)

An Acronym for marine biology

5.

What is a Nudibranch?

a)

A Sweedish Cookie

b)

A Sea Slug

c)

A Sea Sponge

d)

A Marine Mammal

6.

What was the landmark law that led to the design of the California MPA network?

a)

The Marine Mammal Protection Act

b)

The Marine Life Protection Act

c)

The Magnuson-Stevens Act

d)

The California Code of Regulations

7.

How many total MPAs are there from the Oregon boarder to the Mexico boarder?

a)

55

b)

118

c)

124

d)

212

8.

How many MPAs are there in Monterey County?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

11

d)

17

9.

Kelp is a plant.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is the spillover effect?

a)

When you fill a cup too full of water and it spills out.

b)

When the biodiversity of an ecosystem is healthy enough to spill to surroundings.

c)

When oil spills into the ocean and it kills wildlife.

d)

When a boat spills sewage into the ocean and it causes harmful algal blooms.

11.

What is this animal?

a)

California Sea Lion

b)

Steller's Sea Lion

c)

Harbor Seal

d)

Southern Sea Otter

12.

What is this animal?

a)

California Sea Lion

b)

Steller's Sea Lion

c)

Harbor Seal

d)

Southern Sea Otter

13.

What is the animal on the water?

a)

Humpback Whale

b)

Blue Whale

c)

Seagull

d)

Human