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(06.03 LC) What is meant by a renewable resource? (3 points)

(06.01 MC) Sea levels are rising due to climate change while increasing numbers of people are moving into coastal areas. To accommodate more people, there has been increased construction of beachfront resorts and condominiums. How is this impacting sea turtle numbers and biodiversity and why? (3 points)

(05.02 LC) Which organism could occupy the tertiary consumer trophic level in a marine food chain? (3 points)

(06.04 LC) You have noted an increase in cancer rates among a local harbor seal population. You also noted an increase in the release of toxic, potentially cancer causing pollutants by industry in the area. You think that the industry is causing the increase in cancer rates. This is a testable idea. What is this sort of testable idea called? (3 points)

(04.01 MC) Albino alligators are examples of organisms born with a genetic condition resulting in a lack of pigment and a unique white color. What do you think would happen to an albino alligator if it was born in the wild and why? (3 points)

(06.03 MC) What is the primary benefit of continuing to use non-renewable oil, as opposed to using renewable sources of energy instead? (3 points)

(06.03 MC) Why is it difficult to know the impacts of deep sea mining? (3 points)

(04.04 LC) Which of the following is defined as the movement of individuals to and from a population? (3 points)

(04.01 MC) Which statement best supports the fact that natural selection occurs in the marine environment? (3 points)

(06.04 HC) You farm kelp and sell the kelp for food and as fertilizer. The wastes from the kelp can be used in an integrated aquaculture system in which kelp farming can be coupled with farming of fish or abalone. Make an argument that you are using a sustainable system of growing a renewable resource, and explain why it is beneficial (and more sustainable) to couple algae farming with fish farming than simply to farm fish independently. (5 points)