In dry desert areas poor drainage can lead to a buildup of salt in water supplies. A student performed an investigation to study the effects of salinity on the germination rates of seeds. The student placed seeds in several solutions containing 0% to 3% salt. The length of the radicle, which is the root of the germinating seed, ranged from 49 mm in the 0% salt solution to 0 mm in the 3% salt solution. The data from this investigation suggest that increased salinity in more areas may lead to a decrease in which of the following?

PLANT ECOLOGY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A	air pollution
B	food production
C	oceanic evaporation
D	nonrenewable resource

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is a possible explanation that relates the intensive fishing to the overgrowth of algae? Allows more sunlight to be available to algae increasing their growth.

Detailed explanation-2: -Catastrophic events, such as deadly hurricanes, tornadoes, forest fires, or floods, can decrease biodiversity by killing a species or harming an ecosystem. Human activity can also cause a loss of biodiversity by displacing species from their natural habitat or killing organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -The graph shows pink salmon populations in Prince William Sound from 1970 to 1999. What do these data suggest about the effect the oil spill had on pink salmon? Pink salmon were nearly eliminated after the oil spill.

Detailed explanation-4: -How do an increase in the organic matter in soil and an increase in soil depth affect the population of plants in an area? A Larger plants become the dominant organisms.

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PLANT ECOLOGY