Oceanography review #1

Match the term with the definition :

Overfishing

• a decline in fish populations

• altered coastal ecosystems

• brittle skeletons and shells of many marine organisms

• reduced pressure on wild stocks

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Climate Change

• a decline in fish populations

• altered coastal ecosystems

• brittle skeletons and shells of many marine organisms

• reduced pressure on wild stocks.

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Acidification

• a decline in fish populations

• altered coastal ecosystems

• brittle skeletons and shells of many marine organisms

• reduced pressure on wild stocks.

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Aquaculture

• a decline in fish populations

• altered coastal ecosystems

• brittle skeletons and shells of many marine organisms

• reduced pressure on wild stocks

Which type of fishing has high rates of bycatch and highly destructive of ocean floor communities?

• trawling

• purse seining

• long longing

• pole fishing

According to this image...

• CO2 is formed from the combustion of octane

• CO2 is causing marine life to die by "poisoning" the water

• CO2 is destroying sea shells

What happens to 30% of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?

• It is released into space

• it gets absorbed by the ocean

Ocean Acidification raises the pH of the ocean

• true

• false

What is a drawback of climate change?

• the melting of sea ice, the increase in sea surface temperatures and may play a role in coral bleaching

• the inability of organisms to create bones or shells or the disintegration of shells

• bycatch

• 
  release of uneaten food, excrement, and medications into the environment

What are some consequences of oil spills?

• expensive cleanup

• lasting effects

• there are no lasting effects

• difficult cleanup