Ocean Acidification Check In

How does carbon dioxide get into the atmosphere?

• Humans burning fossil fuels

• Photosynthesis

• Formation of fossil fuels

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Carbon dioxide is absorbed more quickly in...

• Warm water

• Cold water

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What causes ocean acidification?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Carbon

• Nitrogen

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Ocean acidification makes the ocean...

• More acidic

• More basic

• Increase pH

• Decrease pH

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Shells and crabs are hurt by an acidic ocean because it _____ their shell, making them vulnerable to predators and diseases.

• Weakens

• Dissolves

• Strengthens

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How do you think ocean acidification will affect humans?

• It will decrease our food source.

• It will kills pretty corals that we like to look at, reducing tourism to some places.

• It will decrease some sources of medicines.

• It won't.

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Why is the ocean called a "carbon sink"?

• The ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, than it produces.

• It produces more carbon dioxide than it absorbs.

• It is not called a "carbon sink".

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True or False: Over the last hundred years, humans have been adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This has been increasing the amount of carbon dioxide dissolved into the ocean.

• True

• False

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Does an increase or decrease in pH negatively impact the shells of many marine organisms?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Neither

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