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Human Impacts of Marine Transportation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the follow is cargo that's free-flowing and not boxed or bagged?

a)

refrigerated food cargo

b)

liquid bulk cargo

c)

passengers

d)

unitised

2.

How do we get most of our products to the United States from other countries?

a)

They are flown

b)

They arrive by train

c)

They are shipped across oceans

3.

Which is a impact of marine transportation?

a)

noise pollution

b)

oil spills

c)

overfishing

d)

both noise pollution and oil spills

4.

Which of the following is NOT an impact of oil spills?

a)

kills marine mammals

b)

kills birds

c)

destroys beach ecosystems

d)

by-catch

5.

Which of the following is a way marine mammals like dolphins use sound?

a)

communication

b)

locate food

c)

sense their surroundings

d)

all of the answer choices are correct

6.

Which of the following use sound to survive?

a)

fishes and invertebrates

b)

dophins

c)

whales

d)

all of them

7.

What is an impact of underwater noise pollution?

a)

It makes it hard for marine animals to communicate and find food

b)

it increases the amount of by-catch

c)

it creates oil slicks

8.

Sound travels longer and faster in water than through air.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Which of the following types of ships carries people as cargo?

a)

dry bulk cargo ship

b)

liquid bulk cargo ship

c)

ferry

d)

unitised cargo ship

10.

There are very few areas of ocean that are not traveled by large cargo ships.

a)

true

b)

false