Afood web in a certain ecosystem consists of seals that feed on krill, which in turn feed on phytoplankton. extensive krill fishing reduces the krill population rapidly. what would be observed in the ecosystem as an immediate effect of this?
a) the seals would decrease in number and the phytoplankton would increase in number.
b) the phytoplankton would decrease rapidly, because the seals would now feed exclusively on them.
c) this would have no effect on the phytoplankton population as they just need sunlight to survive.
d) the seals would increase in number because the lack of krill would mean less competition for food.
eliminate

City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

Acompany produces items in small batches. the machinery needs to warm up before the items can be produced. the scatterplot shows the time needed to produce batches of different numbers of items. based on the line of best fit, which of these statements is true?

What is the difference between the cultures of central asia and the caucasus region? the majority of people in central asia are muslim; the majority in the caucasus region are christian. the primary language in central asia is armenian; the primary language in the caucasus region is russian. central asia has been plagued by ethnic unrest; the caucasus region has had little ethnic conflict. the effects of soviet rule can still be seen in central asia; the caucasus region has developed its own identity since the fall of the ussr.