Eel biologist James McCleave of the University of Maine stated that “We’re supposed to manage fisheries on the precautionary principle…” In this context the precautionary principle means:

What do the fishermen claim is most damaging to the glass eel population?

In the rain forests of Panama, scientists found a colony of tree-dwelling black ants where some individuals had red abdomens. When examined, the scientists determined that the ants with red abdomens were full of roundworm eggs. Birds would prey on these ants, mistaking their red bellies for berries. In the interactions among the tree-dwelling black ants, the roundworms, and the birds, the ants are the ________ for the roundworms.

Sea otters in the Aleutian Islands were nearly hunted to extinction in the early 20th century. This led to explosions of sea urchin populations and near-destruction of kelp beds by grazing sea urchins. If sea otters are returned to an ecosystem where they have been extinct for some time, what change would most likely occur to sea urchins and kelp beds in this ecosystem?

What is “the other inconvenient truth?”

In the video Don’t Panic, Hans Rosling talks about the relationship between income and lifespan. In 1800 all countries were:

Determine the correct symbiotic relationship for the example below.  The interaction between coyotes, gray foxes and bobcats in southern California where they all eat the same prey items (small mammals).

According to the video Don’t Panic, the average number of babies born per woman has gone from a 5 to what?

Determine if the underlined portion of the following statement is true or false. An economic analysis using U.S. data found that increasing universal masking by 15% could prevent the need for lockdowns. 

The following action is disrupting which portion of the chain of infection for SARS COV 2? Counseling persons to socially distance (remain at least 6 feet apart)