Figure 11.8
What is drift-net fishing?  Which letter depicts drift-net fishing on the accompanying figure?

What will be an ideal response?


With drift-net fishing, fish are caught by drifting nets that can hang as deep as 15 meters (50 feet) below the surface and extend to 64 kilometers (40 miles) long. It's depicted by letter D on the figure.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Yellowstone is located

A. at a divergent plate boundary. B. above a mantle hotspot. C. at a convergent plate boundary. D. along a transform fault.

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Which of the following is a foreign substance that produces an immune response?

A) an abzyme B) an antibody C) an antigen D) none of these

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The Himalaya Mountains have experienced such extreme uplift because continental masses are

too buoyant to subduct. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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