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A) Dugong dugon B) Dugong marineus C) Dugong waterus D) Dugong aquaticus
A) Indian Ocean B) Arctic Ocean C) Pacific Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean
A) Plankton B) Seagrass C) Fish D) Algae
A) Large flippers B) “V”-shaped tail C) Whiskers D) Sharp teeth
A) Japan B) Brazil C) Australia D) Russia
A) 2 B) 1 C) 3 D) 4
A) Vulnerable B) Least Concern C) Critically Endangered D) Endangered
A) Sign language B) Visual displays C) Telepathy D) Vocalizations
A) 1 hour B) 6 minutes C) 30 minutes D) 2 minutes
A) Artiodactyla B) Pinnipedia C) Sirenia D) Cetacea
A) Four B) Three C) Six D) Five
A) Amazonian manatee B) African manatee C) West Indian manatee D) Steller's sea cow
A) 18th century B) 17th century C) 16th century D) 19th century
A) Cold-water regions B) Open ocean C) Deep-sea trenches D) Wide, shallow, protected areas like bays and mangrove channels
A) 40 years B) 50 years C) 30 years D) 70 years or more
A) Marine Conservation Society B) World Wildlife Fund C) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species D) Greenpeace
A) Predation by sharks B) Pollution only C) Fishing-related fatalities, habitat degradation, and hunting D) Climate change only
A) Moderate B) Rapid C) Slow D) Fast
A) French B) English C) Visayan (probably Cebuano) D) Malay
A) Charles Darwin B) Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon C) Carl Linnaeus D) John James Audubon
A) *sirenia B) *duyuŋ C) *manatē D) *elephānt
A) Ocean beast B) Balguja C) Duyung D) Sea lady
A) Manatee B) Dugongidae C) Elephantidae D) Hyracoidea
A) Gray B) Lacépède C) Linnaeus D) Müller
A) Lacépède B) Gray C) Müller D) Linnaeus
A) Whales B) Seals C) Elephants D) Dolphins
A) Pliocene B) Eocene C) Cretaceous D) Miocene
A) Early Pliocene B) Mid-Eocene C) Late Eocene D) Late Miocene
A) Ecological studies B) Behavioral studies C) Genetic studies using nuclear DNA D) Molecular studies using mitochondrial DNA
A) Southeast Asia B) Africa C) Australia D) Arabia
A) Three B) Four C) One D) Two
A) In the Indian Ocean B) Off the coast of Australia C) In the Mediterranean Sea D) Around Timor
A) 4 metres (13 ft) B) 5 metres (16.4 ft) C) 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) D) 3 metres (10 ft)
A) Brownish-to-dark-grey B) Black C) Dark grey D) Pale cream colour
A) Circular B) Rectangular C) Triangular D) Horseshoe-shaped
A) Vietnam B) Kenya C) Tanzania D) Indonesia
A) 2018 B) 2005 C) 2010 D) 1999
A) Inhaca Island B) The Philippines C) Madagascar D) Mayotte
A) Amami Ōshima B) Northern Mariana Islands C) Dongsha Atoll D) Kenting National Park
A) Madagascar B) Bazaruto Island C) Mayotte D) Inhaca Island
A) 30 percent B) 10 percent C) 40 percent D) 20 percent
A) 200,000 kilometres (124,000 mi) B) 140,000 kilometres (87,000 mi) C) 50,000 kilometres (31,000 mi) D) 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi)
A) Trawling B) Mining C) Dredging D) Bird watching
A) Habitat destruction of seagrass meadows B) Local marine trash problem C) Fishing gear accidents D) Overpopulation
A) Sea World Indonesia B) Toba Aquarium C) Sydney Aquarium D) Underwater World, Singapore
A) Baited hooks B) Underwater drones C) Acoustic deterrents D) Electric barriers
A) Insufficient funding for research B) Socio-political needs C) Lack of public awareness D) Technological limitations
A) Lekking B) Monogamy C) Polygyny D) Solitary mating
A) By using harpoons B) With heavy spears from canoes C) By shooting with bows and arrows D) Using nets and traps
A) They have become rare B) Protected within a sanctuary C) They are thriving D) Increasing in number
A) Cultivation grazing. B) Selective feeding. C) Herbivorous grazing. D) Nutrient optimization.
A) Japan B) Philippines C) Kenya D) Mozambique
A) Marine wildlife census B) Coral transplantation C) Preliminary drilling surveys D) Seaweed harvesting
A) 15 B) 25 C) 19 D) 30
A) 5% B) 50% C) 10% D) Nearly 25%
A) 1950s B) March 2025 C) 2017 D) 1985
A) Australia B) India C) Japan D) France
A) Osteoporosis B) Rickets C) Pachyostosis D) Arthritis
A) Increasing in number B) Populations exist C) Protected within a sanctuary D) Extinct
A) Japan B) United Arab Emirates C) India D) Philippines
A) Con Dao Island within Côn Đảo National Park B) Phu Quoc Island C) Hainan Island D) Guangxi
A) Hainan Island B) Guangxi C) Phu Quoc Island D) Con Dao Island
A) Over 20,000 B) 5,000 C) 10,000 D) 30,000
A) The Caribbean Sea B) The Pacific Ocean C) The Mediterranean D) The Red Sea
A) Stonehenge B) Pyramids of Egypt C) Tambun Cave, Ipoh, Malaysia D) Great Wall of China
A) New South Wales B) Victoria C) Queensland D) Western Australia
A) Only the stems of the seagrass. B) Only the leaves of the seagrass. C) Only the flowers of the seagrass. D) The whole plant, including the roots.
A) Crustaceans B) Fish C) Seagrasses D) Plankton
A) Dying completely after 30 days B) Surviving indefinitely with reduced growth C) Thriving for up to 60 days D) Living for a week without light
A) Shark Bay B) Moreton Bay C) Hervey Bay D) Gulf of Carpentaria
A) Great Barrier Reef B) Torres Strait C) Hervey Bay D) Shark Bay
A) 24 months B) 30 days C) 14–18 months D) 6 months
A) 2011 B) 2020 C) 2014 D) 2018
A) Discovery of new population B) A failed hunt by fishermen C) Extinction declaration D) Establishment of a marine sanctuary
A) 1980s B) July 2024 C) 2009 D) 2014
A) Protected within a sanctuary B) Highly isolated population C) Extinct D) Large and stable population
A) 1996 B) 2025 C) 2017 D) 1985
A) European coast B) South American coast C) Australian coast D) African coast
A) Banned all fishing activities B) Established new marine parks C) Implemented a conservation plan D) Purchased gillnet licences
A) Their lifespan decreases significantly B) They lose their ability to reproduce C) They become more aggressive D) The effects are unknown
A) Genetically distinct B) Closely related C) Identical D) Intermediate
A) 50 B) 37 C) 45 D) 25
A) 20% B) 10% C) 15% D) 5%
A) Torres Strait B) Hervey Bay C) Shark Bay D) Moreton Bay
A) To aid in rapid swimming B) To store energy C) To act as ballast to help keep them suspended slightly below the water's surface D) To provide strength for digging in the seabed
A) Protected within a sanctuary B) Stable population C) Functionally extinct D) Increasing in number |