Geography and Nature (Philippines)

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  1. Which government agency issues the Philippines' weather and typhoon warnings?
  2. What is the national bird of the Philippines?
  3. Which small primate is famous on the island of Bohol?
  4. What is the national flower of the Philippines?
  5. What is the national tree of the Philippines?
  6. Which monsoon, called Habagat, brings heavy rain from the south-west?
  7. Which wind season, called Amihan, brings cool dry air from the north-east?
  8. Which wild cattle, found only on Mindoro island, are endemic and critically endangered?
  9. Where can tourists swim with whale sharks, called butanding, in the Philippines?
  10. Which Philippine agency monitors volcanoes and earthquakes?
  11. Why does the Philippines have so many volcanoes and earthquakes?
  12. Which typhoon devastated Tacloban and eastern Visayas in November 2013?
  13. What name does the Philippines give to the part of the South China Sea within its exclusive economic zone?
  14. Which body issued the 2016 arbitral award on the Philippines-China dispute in the South China Sea?
  15. An exclusive economic zone extends 200 nautical miles. One nautical mile is 1.852 km. About how long is that in kilometres?
  16. What is the Coral Triangle, which includes much of the Philippine sea area, best known for?
  17. In which months does the typhoon season peak in the Philippines?
  18. What area does PAGASA use when it gives local names to storms?
  19. Which statement matches the monsoons correctly?
  20. Which statement about the ocean trenches near the Philippines is correct?
  21. A typhoon 480 km east of Samar moves west at 20 km per hour straight towards the coast. How long until it arrives?
  22. Which large critically endangered Philippine bird of prey feeds on civets and colugos (flying lemurs)?
  23. Which long, narrow island province contains El Nido and Coron?
  24. Which sea creature, called the sea cow, is found in Philippine waters and eats seagrass?
  25. Which long fault zone runs through the archipelago from Luzon to Mindanao and causes major earthquakes?

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