During today's lesson you learned about ways in which scientists monitor ecosystems for signs of pollution. Which of the methods below is NOT one of the ways in which scientists monitor ecosystems for signs of pollution?

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Explanation:Magical Glowing Water

Last summer, my family and I took a trip to Jamaica. My favorite part of the trip was when we went to a place called the Luminous Lagoon. We ate dinner and waited for the sun to go down. Then we boarded a boat and went out into the lagoon. That’s when the magic started.

At first we could not see very much in the darkness except for the stars in the sky. After a few minutes, however, I noticed some fish swimming in the water. They didn’t look like ordinary fish. These fish were glowing! Our guide explained that the glow came from tiny creatures in the water called dinoflagellates. These little animals are not visible to us, but their bodies produce light using something called bioluminescence, just like fireflies. There are so many of these creatures in Luminous Lagoon that the water around them seems to glow.

After our guide explained these facts to us, he told us to put our hands in the water. I was not sure if it would work, but I tried it. When I did, my hand looked like it belonged to a superhero! It was glowing bright blue. I hope someday I get to return to the Luminous Lagoon. The lights in the water were much more entertaining than the ones in the sky.

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The Greek prefix dinos- means “whirling” and the Latin root word flagellum means “whip”. What does dinoflagellate most likely mean as it is used in the passage?

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the production of light from an organism’s body

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the study of creatures that live in the ocean

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to move around underwater water like a fish

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an organism with a whip-like part it uses to move around in the water

relative dating involves things like higher layers are most recent than rocks lower in the sequence. this can be extended to the known sequence of fossils. rocks containing rabbit fossils are later than those containing dinosaur fossils.  

absolute dating methods mainly use radioactive elements that have known rates of decay and produce recognizable products. for example potassium 40 decays to produce argon. once a rock has solidified the argon is trapped. by measuring the argon and potassium0 you can get an accurate number for the age.  

some other methods are good for archaeological ages. dendrochronology involves recognizing the sequence of tree rings. the orientation of magnetized particles in baked clay can be used to date a fire.

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