Ocean Ecosystems, Microbes, and Plants

Very slight increases in the acidity of seawater __________  marine organisms that make shells.

• doesn't bother
• has no effect on 
• is unhealthy and stresses

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Carbon dioxide and seawater combine to form

• calcium carbonate
• carbon monoxide
• carbonic acid 

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How is ocean water becoming more acidic?

• Marine calcifiers are dying, making more acid

• The ocean is mixing with CO₂ in the air to produce acid

• The ocean is getting too hot, which makes it acidic

• Humans are dumping large amount of acid in the ocean

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Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

• Puerto Rico

• Florida

• Indonisia

• Australia

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Coral bleaching is:

• an overgrowth of algae

• when coral polyps reject the zooxanthellae living inside

• a disease that attacks coral

• how marine biologists clean up the coral

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What causes coral bleaching?

• oil spills

• warmer water temperatures

• overfishing

• red tide

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What do you call one coral by itself?

• a polyp

• a reef

• intertial

• tide pool

What are microscopic organisms that inhabit the wide open ocean called?

• plankton

• krill

• coral reef

• tide pools

An area where fresh water from streams and rivers spills into the ocean is called an _____________.

• plankton
• estuary
• sargassums
• coral reefs

The picture shows a

• coral reef

• kelp forest

• open ocean

• estuary

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