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Marine Science Exam Module Six Exam FLVS Questions and Answers
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What is one benefit of a nonrenewable resource, such as natural gas? - Answer-Generates large amounts of electricity Which valuable metals are found around hydrothermal vents? - Answer-Copper, Gold, Silver Why can mining for minerals in the deep ocean have a large impact on the environment? -...

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Marine Science Exam Module Six Exam
FLVS Questions and Answers
What is one benefit of a nonrenewable resource, such as natural gas? - Answer-
Generates large amounts of electricity

Which valuable metals are found around hydrothermal vents? - Answer-Copper, Gold,
Silver

Why can mining for minerals in the deep ocean have a large impact on the
environment? - Answer-The many unknown species living in the deep ocean may be
destroyed by mining activities.

Debris from the west coast of the U.S. often collects in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
What are the most likely impacts to marine life in this area? - Answer-Microplastics
contain harmful chemicals that can accumulate in the food chain.

The graph shows the findings of a study commissioned by a group of marine policy
makers. They propose a reduction to the crab fishery in the area. What should they do
to determine the economic impacts of this proposal?
(Graph indicating a decline in crab harvest projected from around 2015 to 2120 resulting
from ocean acidification and a projected steady harvest around 5,000 metric tons
without ocean acidification.) - Answer-They should study the overall yield over time.

The graph shows the world's fish catch from 1950 to 2000. If human population growth
has followed a similar curve, what can be predicted about the overall trend of the
environmental quality of the world's oceans?
(Graph indicating world fish catch from 1950-2000. In 1950 the amount of fish is 20
million tons and increases overall to 95 million by the year 2000.) - Answer-The quality
has gotten progressively worse as the demand for resources increased.

The graph shows the change in seabird mortality rates in the Southern Hemisphere due
to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) compared to legal fishing. What is a
possible explanation for the dramatic decline in bird bycatch that occurred in 2004?

( Graph indicating seabird mortalities over a period of several years from 1997 to 2011.
In 2004 the graph indicates that the number of seabird deaths declined dramatically
from approximately 140,000 to 20,000 under the illegal, unreported, and unregulated
fishing (IUU).) - Answer-NOT - A decrease in the allowable number of inadvertent kills.

The map shows the dead zones around the globe. What conclusion can be made about
the location of these areas and human population?

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