A Warmer Ocean Has Been Linked to

question 24

Multiple Choice

A warmer ocean has been linked to

• A) decreases in disease outbreaks.
• B) migration of species poleward and deeper.
• C) declines in the microbial loop.
• D) increases in nutrients from deep-water sources.

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Change

The pathway through which multiple categories of living beings are believed to have advanced and diversified from primitive forms during the chronological history of Earth.

Fully Aquatic

Pertains to organisms that spend their entire life cycle living in water.

Baleen

A filter-feeding system inside the mouths of baleen whales, it consists of keratin plates for filtering small food items from water.

Dorudon

An extinct genus of medium-sized whales that lived approximately 40 to 33 million years ago.