Cetaceans
Project
Tenerife
General
General
100
What do you call baby cetaceans?
Calves
100
What are the 3 most frequently seen cetacean species in the Costa Adeje area?
Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus)
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis)
100
What is the name of the volcano on Tenerife?
*also the highest point in all of Spain!
Mt. Teide
100
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada
100
The Great Barrier Reef is off the coast of which country?
Australia
200
Why is a pilot whale called a pilot whale?
They were named pilot whales because it was thought that each pod followed a 'pilot' in the group.
200
What are the 2 turtle species located in Tenerife waters?
Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
200
The Canary Islands parallel to which African country?
The Canary Islands directly parallel the bottom of Morocco
200
Where else in Europe is GVI situated?
Greece
200
This language doesn't have a word for "please."
Danish
300
What are the 2 groups of cetaceans?
Toothed (Odontocetes) and baleen (Mysticetes)
300
What is the item that we collect the most from beach cleans?
Cigarettes buts
300
Who are the original inhabitants of Tenerife?
The Guanches
300
Which country is home to the world's largest pyramid?
Mexico
300
Which country did the world's first successful heart transplant take place in?
South Africa
400
Name this cetacean body part
Dorsal Fin
400
How many boat categories are listed on the Land Survey data sheets?
(INCLUDING other & unidentified)
17
(Commercial fishing boat, recreational fishing boat, yacht, WW motor boat, WW catamaran, RIB, WW RIB, jetski, sail up sailing boat, sail down sailing boat, sail down sailing boat WW, ferries, cargo ships, motor boat, other, unidentified)
400
What type of geographical feature is the Canary Islands?
Archipelago
400
Which country possesses the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
Italy
400
What is the World's Smallest Country?
Vatican City
500
Scientific name of this species of cetacean:
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) (Sfr)
500
How do you identify a recreational fishing boat from a commercial fishing boat?
Commercial fishing boats will have large hooks on the back and sides used for nets and crates.
Recreational fishing boats always have many large fishing poles.
500
The Tenerife flag contains the same design as which United Kingdom country in its background?
Scotland
500
What is the only country in the world with a musical instrument as its national symbol?
Ireland
500
What does GVI stand for?
Global Vision International