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ALAN impacts on organisms

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ALAN from a bridge in British Columbia has which effect on Harbor Seals and Salmon. (Yurk & Trites, 2000).

a)

Seals can see Salmon more clearly, making it easy to hunt them.

b)

Harbor Seals have difficulty hunting as Salmon are deterred by the light.

c)

Has no effect on Seals and Salmon.

2.

ALAN has which effect on mice? (Bedrosian et al. 2013)

a)

Increases sleep

b)

Creates anxiety

c)

Creates a depressed like state

d)

Both options 2 and 3.

3.

Great tits made what change due to ALAN? (Holveck et al. 2019)

a)

No longer live in cities.

b)

Built thin nests with the entrance hidden

c)

Hunt at night

4.

ALAN has which effect on the Australian garden orb web spider? (Willmott et al. 2018)

a)

sexual maturation occurs earlier

b)

sexual maturation occurs later

c)

sexual maturation occurs as normal

5.

If the orb web spider matures earlier, what does this mean for its offspring?

(Willmott et al. 2018)

a)

the spider has more offspring

b)

the spider has less offspring

c)

the spider doesn't have any offspring

6.

crayfish hide when exposed to ALAN (Thomas et al. 2016)

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Have you learnt anything new about ALAN's impacts on organisms?

a)

yes

b)

no

8.

Did you enjoy the presentation?

a)

yes

b)

no

9.

Are you interested in having a career in science?

a)

yes

b)

no