Danger of Dead Zone review

Name the gas that is produced and released by plants during photosynthesis.

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

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What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

Hypoxia is

• a large trash pile in the Pacific Ocean

• low oxygen and is primarily a problem for estuaries and coastal waters.

• excessive oxygen in the water near the coast

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The second largest "Dead Zone" in the world is located

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

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What is Eutrophication?

• Polluted ocean water

• A process when the ocean water gets too hot and everything dies.

• A process in which a body of water gets too many nutrients, such as phosphorus and nitrogen

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What happens to plant and marine life in the coastal waterways and estuaries when there is hypoxia?

• an increase in plant and marine life in the water ways

• a decrease in the plant and marine life in the water ways

• a decrease in boat traffic in the waterways

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Which of the following is NOT a source of nitrogen and phosphorus to a river?

• fertilizers

• burning fossil fuels

• agricultural runoff

During photosynthesis what beneficial gas is produced by the plants?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• ozone

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Of the following what is NOT NEEDED by a plant/autotroph to carry out the process of photosynthesis?

• sunlight

• carbon dioxide

• water

• oxygen

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Which of the following DOES NOT OUT carry out photosynthesis?

• Autotrophs

• Phytoplankton

• Plants

• Frogs

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