Belize Barrier Reef - Quiz
- 1. How long is the Belize Barrier Reef section?
A) 300 kilometres
B) 560 kilometres
C) 900 kilometres
D) 100 kilometres
- 2. What is the Belize Barrier Reef part of?
A) Great Barrier Reef
B) Yucatán Reef System
C) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
D) Caribbean Reef Chain
- 3. Who described the reef as 'the most remarkable reef in the West Indies' in 1842?
A) Jacques Cousteau
B) Charles Darwin
C) Alexander von Humboldt
D) Christopher Columbus
- 4. How many species of hard coral are found in the reef?
A) 90
B) 500
C) 70
D) 36
- 5. Which of the following is an atoll included in the Belize Barrier Reef?
A) Ambergris Caye
B) St. George's Caye
C) Glover's Reef
D) Tobacco Caye
- 6. When did Jacques Cousteau make the Great Blue Hole famous?
A) 1970
B) 1996
C) 2010
D) 1998
- 7. What percentage of the reef is estimated to have been researched?
A) 90%
B) 10%
C) 50%
D) 25%
- 8. In what year was the reserve system designated a World Heritage Site?
A) 2010
B) 2015
C) 1970
D) 1996
- 9. Which country became the first to completely ban bottom trawling in 2010?
A) Australia
B) Belize
C) Mexico
D) Honduras
- 10. Approximately what portion of Belize's coral reef has been damaged since 1998?
A) Over 80%
B) Under 10%
C) Exactly 25%
D) Over 40%
- 11. What is the primary cause of coral bleaching mentioned in the text?
A) Shipping traffic
B) Increase in ocean temperatures
C) Overfishing
D) Underwater construction
- 12. What event caused a 48 percent reduction in live coral cover in 1998?
A) Bottom trawling
B) Massive tourist activity
C) Oil spill
D) Hurricane Mitch
- 13. How many species of fish are estimated to inhabit the Belize Barrier Reef?
A) 500
B) 36
C) 70
D) 1000
- 14. Which atoll is nearest to Belize City?
A) Glover's Reef
B) Lighthouse Reef
C) Turneffe Atoll
D) Half Moon Caye
- 15. How many marine reserves are included in the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System?
A) 3
B) 12
C) 7
D) 450
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