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Mediterranean On the Rocks:
Viewer Challenge Quiz (Answers)


ANSWERS TO THE MEDITERRANEAN ON THE ROCKS VIEWER CHALLENGE

  1. a, c
  2. releasing poisonous copper, freezing with dry ice, vacuuming, scraping it off, scalding, cutting off sunlight
  3. crowded off nesting beaches, hit by boat propellers, caught in fishing nets, swallowed fish hooks, infected by disease
  4. 2,400
  5. boats, ropes, mats, sandals, paper
  6. d
  7. b
  8. slag
  9. b
  10. each is a distinct population, each is a resident of the Mediterranean, each is vulnerable to unique stresses of the Mediterranean Sea -- namely, pollution and overcrowding





 

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