Moon Jelly Population Explosion

What is not an impact that too many jellies can have on the human population?

• damage fishing nets

• clog water pipes

• make the water toxic

• drive people away from beaches

Where did scientists study jelly populations?

• Northern Benguela and Southern Benguela

• Northern and Southern america

• North and South Dakota

• Northern and Southern Canada

Scientists looked at data over the span of _____ years.

• 20

• 30

• 40

• 50

In Southern Benguela, the jelly population has remained relatively______.

• large

• small

• stable

• relative

In the 2 ecosystems studied there was a big difference in...

• temperatures

• laws about the number of fish that could be caught

• size

• amount of rainfall

In the early 2000's fish populations had dropped to record lows in

• Northern Benguela

• Southern Benguela

• South America

• North America

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In this ecosystem...

• fish eat jellies

• jellies eat fish

• fish do not eat jellies and jellies do not eat fish

• fish and jellies eat each other.

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The relationship between sardines and jellies is

• friendly

• competition

• a war

• argumentative

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Sardines and Jellies both eat...

• jellies

• zooplankton

• algae

• krill

Having a larger _____________ made more energy storage molecules available to the jellies.

• consumer population

• resource population

• appetite

• brain

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