Blood is not properly filtered, leaving waste on the blood.
Your answer would be Why are Sea Lampreys a problem in the Great Lakes?
In the text, it explains the answer for this question. For the other three questions, it's asking for a factor of the paragraph rather than the whole thing. The whole paragraph explains the answers for all of the questions, so it's best to ask why are they causing problems.
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a hygrometer consisting of a wet-bulb and a dry-bulb thermometer, the difference in the two thermometer readings being used to determine atmospheric humidity.
a hygrometer is an instrument for measuring the humidity of the air or a gas.