Live Quiz Arena
🎁 1 Free Round Daily
⚡ Enter ArenaQuestion
← Nature & AnimalsWhich risk increases for salmon migrating upstream when unusually strong geomagnetic storms occur?
A)Disrupted olfactory map construction accuracy✓
B)Increased susceptibility to parasitic infections
C)Elevated metabolic demand during travel
D)Dehydration from increased river turbulence
💡 Explanation
Geomagnetic storms disrupt the detection of the Earth's magnetic field, impairing their magnetic compass during migration, because it affects the sensing organ; navigation requires olfactory maps; therefore misdirection, disorientation risk increases via impaired senses of magnetic variation signals, rather than other metabolic effects.
🏆 Up to £1,000 monthly prize pool
Ready for the live challenge? Join the next global round now.
*Terms apply. Skill-based competition.
Related Questions
Browse Nature & Animals →- Which outcome occurs when ocean acidification increases beyond normal diel variation in reefs populated by zooxanthellae?
- Which outcome results when freshwater fish experience internal salt dilution?
- Which consequence results when bladderwort plants can’t inflate?
- Which outcome occurs when coral bleaching impacts Symbiodinium?
- Which outcome results when C4 plants experience sustained water stress?
- Which effect occurs when an insect's damaged larval tissue inappropriately activates metamorphosis at a non-critical size threshold?
