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Goal 1 Skills And Processes

Expectation 1.2 The student will pose scientific questions and suggest investigative approaches to provide answers to questions.

Indicator 1.2.1 The student will identify meaningful, answerable scientific questions.

Selected Response Item - Released in 2003

Use the technical passage below to answer the following. Scientists Explore An Aspect of Fish Migration

According to the passage, what question is being asked by Lund University researchers?

  1. What are the migrating habits of salmon in Alaska and Sweden?
  2. Are increasing levels of air pollution affecting salmon migration?
  3. What are the diets of the arctic grayling and the migrating salmon found in the two Alaskan lakes?
  4. Are migrating salmon responsible for transporting toxins from the sea to freshwater lakes?
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Correct Answer:
D