QUIZ
1. What material tends to be eaten by animals that can block their digestive system?
2. What material recently outlawed was used in exfoliating products?
3. What material was used around transformers - also outlawed - that might be carcinogenic?
4. What heavy metal was involved in the birth of many children with shortened or missing arms and legs?
5. What is the chemical incolved with Minamata diesease?
6. In addition to nuclear reactors, what is another possible source of radiation in the ocean?
7. In addition to the Eta and victims of the Minamata disease what other people from what other city have been made into Pariah groups in Japan?
8. By what organisms can oil be biodegraded?
9. By what term is the central area of the ocean (where things that have wound up in the ocean collect) known?
10. What organisms might be endangered from the attempts to clean the ocean with nets?
ANSWERS TO THE LAST QUIZ
1. In what part of the U.S. did early whaling by Europeans in America begin (where there is still a whaling museum)?
2. Which whale has rebounded from endangered status?
ANSWER: California Gray Whale
3. What international commision was formed to protect whales?
ANSWER: International Whaling Commission
4. What kind of shell can be used as a musical instrument akin to a horn.
ANSWER: Conch
5. What term is ised for the process by which things "break down" as a result of being exposed to light.
ANSWER: photodegradable
6. What discipline examines cultures through the materials they left behind?
ANSWER: Archaeology
7. What term is used for the idea that there is a desire for members of other cultures to impose their cultural beliefs on others?
ANSWER: cultural imperialism
8. About how long does a glass bottle last in the ocean? (see the pamphlet on the "notes" page)
ANSWER: 1,000 years
9. What kind of whaling was prohibited the comission which regulates whaling?
ANSWER: commercial
10. Which group of activiists were upset by the Makah's decision to resume whaling?> ANSWER: Animal Rights Groups