Онлайн-тестування: Test for seamans about Marine Environment Awareness (CBT)

Which of the given options defines microplastics in the marine environment?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Effects of invasive species being introduced into a marine environment can include:

Which one of the given options is the assumed amount of the energy that is lost at each level in a typical marine food chain?

Two “pools of garbage” were discovered by Captain Charles Moore. Where are they located?

Which one of the marine ecosystems given in the options is normally only found in tropical areas?

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true in relation to sustainable development?

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true in relation to the “pools of garbage” discovered by Captain Charles Moore?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. A typical food chain in a kelp forest would consist of:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Three main biological differences between coastal seas and open oceans are:

Which one of the given options is the most accurate definition of the term “invasive species” in relation to the marine environment?

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true in relation to emissions from ships?

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true?

Which one of the marine environments given in the options is most vulnerable to oil pollution?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Sound produced by ships can be a problem to marine life, because:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Research shows that the main reason for dumping solid waste from ships is:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. In relation to climate change, the scientific community agrees:

Which one of the given options is a key-element of the natural greenhouse effect?

How big are the “pools of garbage” in the Pacific Ocean estimated to be?

When sewage enters the sea in a coastal area it adds extra nutrients and phytoplankton may grow “out of control”. What happens when bacteria break down the increased number of dead phytoplankton which will result from this situation?

Which of the statements given in the options is NOT true in relation to sewage discharges from ships?

Approximately how many people on earth live close to the sea as a percentage of the world population?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The main ecological impacts of oil on the marine environment are:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Salt marshes often occur together with:

Which of the given options is the main reason that some chemicals reach concentrations that are 100 000 times higher in animals, such as predatory fish, compared to concentrations locally in the sea water?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. In open oceans a typical food chain normally has:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Bacteria are an important element in the marine environment primarily because:

Which of the statements given in the options is NOT true, in relation to oil pollution of the sea?

In relation to the marine environment, what is the meaning of the word tainting?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. When a chemical evaporates:

Which statement is NOT true in relation to transport of goods by sea?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The natural greenhouse effect is a good thing, because:

Which one of the given options best represents the main constituents that make up the exhaust gas emissions from ship’s diesel engines?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Animals sometimes eat solid waste (and even feed it to their young), because:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The main problem with microplastics being present in the marine environment is that:

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true in relation to shipping and the environment?

Chemicals may be grouped by the way that they behave when they enter the sea. Which one of the given options best describes the four different groupings for behaviour of chemicals entering the sea as defined in this module?

Food chain has three levels and 1 000 000 kg of phytoplankton. The food chain consists of phytoplankton – large zooplankton – predator fish. How much of the top predator will be produced according to the 10 % rule?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Once microplastics are ingested by small animals at low levels in the food chain:

Is it true that species that are too large to be taken up in a ballast water tank can be transported by ships?

Why does international shipping have to cut carbon dioxide emissions?

Which of the combinations given in the options are the main components of diesel engine exhaust gas emissions that may cause health problems for humans?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Climate change is defined as:

Which of the given options are the components of ships diesel engine exhaust gas emissions that are the main contributors to acidification and acid rain formation?

Which IMO convention contains the main environmental regulations for shipping?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Rocky shore inhabitants are generally tough, because:

A food chain has four levels and 1 000 000 kg of phytoplankton. The food chain consists of phytoplankton – large zooplankton – small fish – predator fish. How much of the top predator will be produced according to the 10 % rule?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The key role of bacteria in a food web is:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Sustainable shipping is:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Plankton in the open ocean are usually small, because:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Antifouling paint containing tributyltin has been prohibited by IMO, because:

What percentage of the global man made CO2 emissions was international shipping estimated to be responsible for in 2007?

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true in relation to the transfer of marine life through ballast water operations?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The Planet P in sustainable development relates to:

Approximately how long does it take for a plastic bottle to break down in the marine environment?

What is considered to be the main effect and greatest environment risk of acidification?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The Profit P in sustainable development relates to:

Which of the statements given in the options is true in relation to shipping and the environment?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Emissions of SOx and small particles (PM) from ships into the atmosphere are relatively high, because:

Which of the given options correctly orders the first three processes which happen when oil enters the sea?

Why are coral reefs considered to be vulnerable?

Which of the given options is the typical make up and order of a simple, marine food chain?

Which of the gases given in the options are not usually emitted by ships during normal operations?

Which one of the statements given in the options is NOT true?

Which one of the given options best describes mangrove trees?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. The People P in sustainable development relates to:

Which of the following statements is true in relation to waste dumped into the sea?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Bioaccumulation can be defined as:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Dumping plastic at sea is:

Which one of the given options is accepted as the depth of water at which the coastal sea ends and the open ocean begins?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. MARPOL first entered into force in:

Which of the statements given in the options is NOT true?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Sustainable development has three aspects, often represented by the three P’s, which are:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. A Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA), as defined by the IMO, is:

Which one of the statements given in the options is INCORRECT in relation to open oceans?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. In coastal seas a typical food chain normally has:

Why are deep sea organisms very often slow growing?

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Oceans are important for humans, because:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Mangroves are important as they provide:

Select the option that most accurately completes the following statement. Once animals get entangled in solid waste it is problematic because: