100-Item Ecosystem Quiz Bee (Pawikan Contest Edition)
11. What is the main producer in the ocean?
I. Ocean Basics A. Phytoplankton
B. Sea turtle
1. What covers about 70% of Earth’s surface? C. Shark
A. Oceans D. Coral
B. Forests 12. What is the green pigment that helps algae
C. Deserts make food?
D. Ice caps A. Chlorophyll
2. Which is the largest ocean on Earth? B. Oxygen
A. Pacific Ocean C. Nitrogen
B. Atlantic Ocean D. Carbon
C. Indian Ocean 13. Which underwater plant provides shelter for
D. Arctic Ocean many fish species?
3. The study of marine life is called: A. Seagrass
A. Marine biology B. Seaweed
B. Oceanography C. Coral
C. Zoology D. Mangrove
D. Geology 14. What gas do marine plants release during
4. What is the average salt content of ocean photosynthesis?
water? A. Oxygen
A. 1% B. Carbon dioxide
B. 2% C. Nitrogen
C. 3.5% D. Hydrogen
D. 5% 15. What plant-like organisms float freely in the
5. What is the deepest part of the ocean called? ocean?
A. Mariana Trench A. Phytoplankton
B. Coral Sea B. Kelp
C. Java Trench C. Coral
D. Gulf Stream D. Sponges
6. The ocean floor is mostly made of:
A. Sand and rocks
B. Ice and soil
C. Coral and clay
D. Metal and salt
III. Marine Animals
7. What causes ocean tides?
A. Wind 16. Which animal is the largest mammal on
B. Gravity of the moon and sun Earth?
C. Earthquakes A. Blue whale
D. Rainfall B. Shark
8. What do we call the movement of ocean C. Orca
water in a circular pattern? D. Squid
A. Current 17. What do whales use to breathe?
B. Wave A. Blowhole
C. Tide B. Gills
D. Swell C. Lungs and fins
9. The warm ocean current that affects the D. Spiracle
Philippines is called: 18. Sharks belong to which class of animals?
A. Kuroshio Current A. Fish
B. Gulf Stream B. Mammals
C. Humboldt Current C. Reptiles
D. Labrador Current D. Amphibians
10. What is the uppermost layer of the ocean 19. Which marine animal has eight arms?
where sunlight reaches? A. Octopus
A. Sunlit zone B. Crab
B. Twilight zone C. Starfish
C. Dark zone D. Squid
D. Abyss 20. What do we call animals with backbones?
A. Vertebrates
B. Invertebrates
C. Mollusks
D. Crustaceans
II. Marine Plants & Producers
21. Which fish has no bones, only cartilage? 32. Which ecosystem is found between high and
A. Shark low tides?
B. Tuna A. Intertidal zone
C. Grouper B. Abyssal zone
D. Goldfish C. Pelagic zone
22. What do dolphins use to locate objects? D. Deep sea
A. Echolocation 33. What causes coral bleaching?
B. Vision A. Rising sea temperatures
C. Smell B. Cold water
D. Hearing C. More algae
23. Which animal has the most intelligence D. Too much fish
among marine mammals? 34. Which marine ecosystem serves as a nursery
A. Dolphin for many fish?
B. Whale shark A. Mangroves
C. Seal B. Open ocean
D. Jellyfish C. Deep sea
24. The largest fish in the ocean is the: D. Polar sea
A. Whale shark 35. What kind of ecosystem do whales and
B. Great white shark dolphins live in?
C. Bluefin tuna A. Marine ecosystem
D. Manta ray B. Freshwater
25. What do jellyfish use to sting prey? C. Forest
A. Tentacles D. Grassland
B. Teeth
C. Beak
D. Tail
V. Sea Turtles (Pawikan Focus)
36. Sea turtles belong to which group of
IV. Marine Ecosystems animals?
A. Reptiles
26. Coral reefs are made by: B. Mammals
A. Tiny animals called coral polyps C. Amphibians
B. Seaweed D. Fish
C. Rocks 37. How many species of sea turtles are found in
D. Shells the Philippines?
27. Which is called the “rainforest of the sea”? A. Five
A. Coral reef B. Three
B. Deep ocean C. Two
C. Kelp forest D. One
D. Seagrass bed 38. What do green sea turtles mostly eat?
28. Mangroves are important because they: A. Seagrass and algae
A. Protect coasts from erosion B. Jellyfish
B. Increase salt levels C. Fish
C. Kill fish D. Crabs
D. Block sunlight 39. What is the largest sea turtle species?
29. Where does a sea turtle lay its eggs? A. Leatherback turtle
A. Sandy beach B. Hawksbill
B. Coral reef C. Green turtle
C. Mangrove roots D. Olive Ridley
D. Rocky shore 40. What is the main threat to sea turtles?
30. What type of water is found in estuaries? A. Plastic pollution and poaching
A. Brackish water B. Too much sunlight
B. Fresh water C. Cold water
C. Salt water D. Coral reefs
D. Frozen water 41. Sea turtle eggs are usually buried in:
31. What do sea cucumbers do in the A. Sand
ecosystem? B. Coral
A. Clean the sea floor by eating debris C. Rocks
B. Produce oxygen D. Seaweed
C. Hunt small fish 42. What helps baby turtles find the ocean after
D. Build reefs hatching?
A. Moonlight reflection on the water 52. What do herbivores in the ocean eat?
B. Wind direction A. Plants and algae
C. Smell of salt B. Other animals
D. Noise C. Rocks
43. What law protects sea turtles in the D. Coral
Philippines?
A. RA 9147 (Wildlife Resources 53. The shark is a:
Conservation Act) A. Top predator
B. Clean Air Act B. Producer
C. Fisheries Act C. Decomposer
D. Water Code D. Herbivore
44. What is the purpose of flippers in turtles?
54. What breaks down dead organisms?
A. For swimming
B. For eating A. Decomposers
C. For digging B. Producers
D. For climbing C. Carnivores
45. Why are sea turtles important to marine life? D. Plankton
A. They help maintain balance by 55. Which of the following is a decomposer in the
controlling jellyfish
sea?
B. They destroy coral reefs
A. Bacteria
C. They eat plankton
B. Seaweed
D. They produce salt
C. Tuna
D. Starfish
56. What connects all feeding relationships in the
VI. Marine Adaptations & Behavior sea?
A. Food web
46. What helps fish float in water? B. Trophic pyramid
A. Swim bladder C. Water cycle
B. Gills D. Tide system
C. Fins
D. Scales 57. What happens if too many predators are
47. How do whales keep warm in cold waters? removed from the ocean?
A. Thick layer of blubber A. Prey populations increase too much
B. Scales B. Food chain ends
C. Shells C. Ocean freezes
D. Feathers D. Fish disappear
48. Camouflage helps marine animals by:
A. Hiding them from predators 58. Which animal eats plankton by filtering
B. Helping them eat water?
C. Making noise A. Whale shark
D. Changing their diet B. Sea lion
49. What do penguins use to move on land? C. Crab
A. Their flippers and belly slides D. Eel
B. Wings for flight
C. Gills 59. What is the top consumer in a food chain
D. Shells called?
50. How do octopuses escape predators? A. Apex predator
A. By squirting ink and hiding B. Decomposer
B. By singing C. Producer
C. By glowing D. Herbivore
D. By rolling
60. Coral reefs mainly depend on what for
VII. Marine Food Chains energy?
A. Symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae
51. The main energy source in the marine food B. Crustaceans
chain is: C. Jellyfish
A. The Sun D. Phytoplankton
B. Oxygen
C. Rocks
D. Waves VIII. Marine Pollution & Conservation
61. What is the main cause of water pollution?
A. Human activities
IX. Marine Wonders & Facts
B. Rainfall
C. Wind 71. What is the fastest fish in the ocean?
D. Tides A. Sailfish
B. Tuna
62. What happens when oil spills into the sea?
C. Shark
A. It harms marine animals and birds
D. Mackerel
B. It cleans the water
C. It feeds plankton 72. What is the biggest invertebrate?
D. It causes rain A. Giant squid
B. Crab
63. Which waste harms sea turtles the most?
C. Jellyfish
A. Plastic bags
D. Lobster
B. Banana peels
C. Paper 73. Which animal is known as the "clown of the
D. Glass sea"?
A. Clownfish
64. What can people do to protect oceans?
B. Seahorse
A. Avoid throwing garbage and plastics
C. Starfish
B. Catch more fish
D. Jellyfish
C. Use dynamite fishing
D. Cut mangroves 74. Which animal can inflate its body when
threatened?
65. Coral mining leads to:
A. Pufferfish
A. Destruction of marine habitats
B. Dolphin
B. Clearer water
C. Tuna
C. More fish
D. Seahorse
D. Bigger coral
75. Which fish can change its gender?
66. Overfishing causes:
A. Clownfish
A. Decrease in fish population
B. Shark
B. Increase in biodiversity
C. Tuna
C. More coral growth
D. Swordfish**
D. Cleaner oceans
67. Which of the following is a renewable
76. Which animal has a hard outer shell for
protection?
resource from the sea?
A. Crab
A. Seaweed
B. Dolphin
B. Plastic
C. Octopus
C. Gasoline D. Whale
D. Metal 77. What type of marine animal is a starfish?
68. What should divers avoid touching in coral A. Echinoderm
reefs? B. Mollusk
A. Coral C. Crustacean
D. Fish
B. Sand
78. What do clams and oysters use to open and
C. Seaweed
close their shells?
D. Water
A. Muscles
69. Which group works to protect marine life B. Bones
globally? C. Fins
A. WWF (World Wildlife Fund) D. Teeth
B. NASA 79. What do whales and dolphins have in
C. UNESCO common?
D. Greenpeace
A. They are mammals
B. They lay eggs
70. What can replace plastic bags to reduce C. They breathe through gills
marine pollution? D. They have scales
A. Reusable eco bags 80. What is the main food of baleen whales?
B. Styrofoam A. Krill and plankton
C. Glass bottles B. Small fish
D. Nets C. Squid
D. Seaweed
81. Which marine animal is known for changing 92. The process by which female fish release
its color to blend in? eggs in water is called:
A. Cuttlefish A. Spawning
B. Shark B. Molting
C. Seahorse C. Migration
D. Crab D. Camouflage
82. What kind of skeleton does a jellyfish have? 93. Which marine mammal has tusks and lives
A. No skeleton in the Arctic?
B. Hard skeleton A. Walrus
C. Shell B. Seal
D. Cartilage C. Manatee
83. The stinging cells of jellyfish are called: D. Dugong
A. Nematocysts 94. Which sea animal is also called a “sea
B. Flagella cow”?
C. Tentacles A. Dugong
D. Glands B. Seal
84. What do barnacles attach themselves to? C. Dolphin
A. Ships, rocks, and whales D. Walrus
B. Only coral 95. Which group of animals includes snails,
C. Only sand clams, and octopuses?
D. Only glass A. Mollusks
85. Which animal swims upright and has a B. Crustaceans
pouch like a kangaroo? C. Echinoderms
A. Seahorse D. Arthropods
B. Shrimp 96. What marine animal forms pearls inside its
C. Lobster shell?
D. Crab A. Oyster
86. Which marine reptile can stay underwater B. Crab
for hours without breathing? C. Lobster
A. Sea turtle D. Shrimp
B. Dolphin 97. Which zone of the ocean is completely dark?
C. Crocodile A. Abyssal zone
D. Seal B. Sunlit zone
87. What is the process by which crabs shed C. Intertidal zone
their shells called? D. Coastal zone
A. Molting 98. Why is marine biodiversity important?
B. Breeding A. It keeps the ocean ecosystem balanced
C. Spawning and healthy
D. Swimming B. It increases pollution
88. Which sea creature has five arms and can C. It reduces coral reefs
regrow them? D. It stops fish from breeding
A. Starfish 99. What should humans do to protect marine
B. Octopus animals?
C. Crab A. Avoid littering, reduce plastic use, and
D. Squid protect habitats
89. What is the largest species of dolphin? B. Catch more fish
A. Orca (Killer Whale) C. Cut mangroves
B. Spinner dolphin D. Dump oil
C. Bottlenose dolphin 100. Why must we conserve marine life?
D. Pilot whale A. Because oceans provide food, oxygen,
90. What marine animal sleeps while swimming and life balance for all
slowly? B. Because the ocean is empty
A. Dolphin C. Because it looks beautiful
B. Shark D. Because we only need fish
C. Seal
D. Tuna
91. Which marine animal has a sharp spine for
defense?
A. Sea urchin
B. Squid
C. Crab
D. Turtle