There Are More Than 6,000 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Worldwide

question 54

Multiple Choice

There are more than 6,000 marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide accounting for approximately ______ percent of the world's surface ocean.

• A) 1
• B) 2
• C) 5
• D) 10
• E) 20

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Definitions:

Real-world Environments

Settings or situations that occur in everyday life, outside of controlled or experimental conditions.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to evenly distribute participants across various treatment groups, ensuring each group is comparable at the start.

Experimental Group

The group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested, allowing researchers to determine the effect of that variable.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, allowing researchers to compare outcomes.