50) About what percentage of all the oil that enters the oceans, worldwide, is due to human
consumption?
A) 22%
B) 38%
C) 47%
D) 53%
E) 72%
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.2 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.2 Specify the marine environmental problems
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
51) Dumping of sewage sludge at which of the following sites was terminated in 1993 due to
reports of adverse effects on fisheries and concerns that sewage could be transported great distances
in eddies of the Gulf Stream?
A) 106-mile sludge site
B) Boston Harbor sludge site
C) New York Bight alternative sludge site
D) New York Bight sludge site
E) Philadelphia sludge site
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.2 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.2 Specify the marine environmental problems
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
52) Which of the following caused devastating effects on the marine food chain and was banned in
the United States in 1972?
A) DDT
B) Methyl mercury
C) PCBs
D) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
E) Sewage sludge
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.2 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.2 Specify the marine environmental problems
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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53) Which of the following has been shown to cause liver cancer and harmful genetic mutations in
animals?
A) DDT
B) Methyl mercury
C) PCBs
D) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
E) Sewage sludge
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.2 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.2 Specify the marine environmental problems
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
54) Which of the following has been indicated as a cause of spontaneous abortions in sea lions and
the death of shrimp in Escambia Bay, Florida?
A) DDT
B) Methyl mercury
C) PCBs
D) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
E) Sewage sludge
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.2 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.2 Specify the marine environmental problems
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
55) Which of the following best describes how DDT use lead to a serious decline in the brown
pelican population of Anacapa Island, California during the 1960’s?
A) DDT was sprayed on the grasses and contaminated the pelican chicks that walked through the
grass.
B) The pelican chicks ate insects that were contaminated with DDT which lead to chick mortality.
C) The adult pelicans ate DDT contaminated fish and died from eating the poisonous fish.
D) Adult pelicans could not produce normal thickness eggs due to DDT in their food supply.
E) DDT was sprayed on the nesting sites in an attempt to eradicate mosquitos on the island.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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56) Which of the following best describes how DDT use lead to a serious decline in the osprey
population of Long Island Sound during the late 1950’s and 1960’s?
A) DDT was sprayed on the grasses and contaminated the osprey chicks that walked through the
grass.
B) The osprey chicks ate insects that were contaminated with DDT which lead to chick mortality.
C) The adult ospreys ate DDT contaminated fish and died from eating the poisonous fish.
D) Adult ospreys could not produce normal thickness eggs due to DDT in their food supply.
E) DDT was sprayed on the nesting sites in an attempt to eradicate mosquitos along the shoreline.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
57) Research on DDT concentration in coastal waters has documented that they are ________
compared to open-ocean concentrations.
A) 12 times less
B) 10 times less
C) double
D) 10 times more
E) 12 times more
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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58) Research on PCBs concentration in coastal waters has documented that they are ________
compared to open-ocean concentrations.
A) 12 times less
B) 10 times less
C) double
D) 10 times more
E) 12 times more
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
59) Which of the following is the biggest single source of mercury in the ocean?
A) Producing acetaldehyde
B) Burning of coal
C) Disposal of mercury batteries
D) Leaching from rocks
E) Volcanic eruptions
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
60) Which of the following resulted in mercury contamination and over 1780 deaths due to
Minamata disease in Japan?
A) Producing acetaldehyde
B) Burning of coal
C) Disposal of mercury batteries
D) Leaching from rocks
E) Volcanic eruptions
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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61) Why do many health organizations call for local exceptions to the ban on DDT?
A) A cure for Minamata disease has been found
B) DDT was blamed for problems it never actually caused.
C) Fish no longer eat the plankton that cause DDT biomagnification
D) Outbreaks of malaria have dramatically increased
E) The pelican population needs to be reduced
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
62) According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who can eat low to moderate amounts of
swordfish, shark, king mackerel, and tilefish with little concern?
A) Male college students
B) Nursing mothers
C) Pregnant women
D) Women of childbearing age
E) Young children
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
63) Since Tuna is sold in 5 ounce (142 grams) cans in the U.S.A., what is the most frequently you
eat an entire can of tuna and not be above the average U.S. fish consumption rate?
A) Once a month
B) Twice a month
C) Once a week
D) Twice a week
E) Once a day
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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64) If you went out for dinner once a week and always ordered an 8-ounce (227 gram) Tuna steak,
which of the following statements about your fish consumption is correct?
A) You eat about the same amount of fish as an average Japanese.
B) You eat less fish than an average Japanese but more than an average Swede.
C) You eat about the same amount of fish as an average Swede.
D) You eat less fish than an average Swede but more than an average American.
E) You eat about the same amount of fish as an average American.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
65) Which of the following chemical pollutants can cause harmful algal blooms?
A) Caffeine
B) Methyl mercury
C) Fertilizer
D) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
E) Prescription drugs
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical
Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.3 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-petroleum
chemical pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
66) The U.S. National Academy of Sciences estimates that 13 ________ pounds of litter enters the
world’s oceans each year.
A) hundred
B) thousand
C) million
D) billion
E) trillion
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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67) Which of the following types of trash, found in the ocean, typically accumulates at the surface
because it doesn’t readily sink or biodegrade?
A) Food
B) Glass
C) Metal
D) Plastic
E) Rags
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
68) Which of the following kinds of ocean pollution is an example of point source pollution?
A) Cooling water from a shoreline power plant
B) Fertilizers from suburban lawns
C) Pesticides from agriculture
D) Road oil residue from automobiles
E) Trash that is washed down storm drains
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
69) Which of the following properties makes plastic an increasingly abundant component of
oceanic flotsam and very damaging to the marine environment?
A) They are dense, so they sink and concentrate at the sea floor.
B) They are durable causing them to last almost indefinitely.
C) They are expensive and used sparingly.
D) They are weak, so entangled marine organisms can break free.
E) They cannot be recycled so they must be disposed after use.
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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70) Research studies of trash on beaches has identified pieces of which of the following types of
debris as the most numerous?
A) Bottle caps
B) Cigarette filters
C) Food packaging
D) Plastic nurdles
E) Styrofoam cups
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
71) Researchers estimate that the Pacific Ocean contains at least 46 ________ pounds of floating
microplastic pieces (microbeads) that originate from hand cleaners, exfoliating facial scrubs, and
toothpaste, that are known to transport pollutants and be eaten by fish.
A) hundred
B) thousand
C) million
D) billion
E) trillion
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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72) Researchers reported in 2014 that more than 5.25 ________ plastic pieces are now floating in
the ocean.
A) hundred
B) thousand
C) million
D) billion
E) trillion
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
73) The reported amount of plastic pollution entering the oceans each year is ________ of the
annual global production of plastic.
A) less than 1%
B) 1 to 5 %
C) 5 to 10%
D) 10 to 20%
E) more than 20%
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
74) What is the fate of the largest proportion of plastic pollution that enters the oceans each year?
A) Eaten by marine animals
B) Encrusted by marine life
C) Remains floating at sea
D) Sinks to the sea floor
E) Washes up on the beach
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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75) Where are the large floating regions of trash in all oceans of the world where plastics
outnumber marine organisms several times over located?
A) Along equatorial countercurrents
B) In areas of Ekman transport
C) In foreshore regions
D) In subtropical gyres
E) Near the poles
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
76) Which of the following countries has not yet banned disposable plastic grocery bags?
A) Australia
B) Bangladesh
C) China
D) Italy
E) United States
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non- point source
Pollution, Including Trash?
Essent’l Concept: 11.4 Specify the marine environmental problems associated with non-point
source pollution, including trash
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
77) Marketing of which of the following non-native marine species by the aquarium industry is
causing problems worldwide?
A) Atlantic comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi
B) Seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia
C) European green crab Carcinus maenas
D) Atlantic cordgrass Spartina alterniflora
E) European zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Section: 11.5 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Biological Pollution?
Essent’l Concept: 11.5 Specify the environmental problems associated with biological pollution
OSLP: 6 The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
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