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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Limits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?
(a) Deep sounding.
(b) Skim dragging.
(c) Bottom trawling.
(d) Crabbing.

2. In an otter trawl, the bottom opening is maintained by a chain made more mobile by metal _____.
(a) Casings.
(b) Wheels.
(c) Bobbins.
(d) Levers.

3. Where is Pacific cod found?
(a) Off Alaska.
(b) Near Baja California.
(c) Off the coast of Chile.
(d) Off the coast of Northern California.

4. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?
(a) Speldings.
(b) Kippers.
(c) Salthake.
(d) Finnan haddie.

5. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?
(a) A volcanic eruption.
(b) A fire.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) Floods.

Short Answer Questions

1. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."

2. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.

3. Which mountain erupted in 1389 on Iceland?

4. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?

5. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?

(see the answer key)

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