(06.03 LC) Which of the following has the greatest effect on endangered species populations? (3 points)

(06.03 MC) Study the photo of a proposed ship and deep-sea mineral mining apparatus. What would be the most likely environmental impact that the company faces regarding the seafloor? (3 points) © 2016 Keith Jackson & Friends

(04.03 MC) A simple marine food chain is depicted below. Given what you have learned about the biomagnification of some pollutants (e.g., cadmium), in what organism would you expect to find the greatest concentration of cadmium? (3 points)

(04.04 LC) According to the graph, which age recreational snapper makes up the highest percentage of catch? (3 points) © 2015, Queensland Government

(06.03 HC) The illustration shows one of the ways resources are removed from the deep sea. Describe what type of resources these are, including if they are renewable or non-renewable. Predict two consequences to the seafloor life if this process is not regulated. (5 points) © 2016 Indywatch.org

(06.04 HC) Describe at least two costs and two benefits of using a desalinization plant to obtain more freshwater. (5 points)

(04.05 LC) What is artificial selection? (3 points)

(04.05 MC) In the Galapagos islands, the weather causes a variation in algae growth year to year. Marine iguanas eat the algae, and during the years with more algae growth, the marine iguanas lay more eggs. What is the benefit of this overproduction of eggs? (3 points)

(04.01 MC) A species of marine snails have either solid or striped shells. Scientists found that 57 percent of the snail population was striped, and 33 percent was solid. Sea birds are the main predator and when scientists studied their diet, they found that the birds ate more striped snails than solid snails. What could scientists conclude about the snails? (3 points)

(04.05 MC) The fur coat of California sea lions can be different shades of brown due to genetic variation. Suppose that the frequency of each fur color changed in a population as shown on the graph below. How do you expect the population trends to change after 2009 if changes in the aquatic environment make dark brown sea lions more reproductively successful than sea lions with light brown coats? (3 points)