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WorksheetsCoral Unit Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which carbon cycle process involves dissolving CO2 into or out of a body of water?
Combustion
Exchange
Cellular respiration
Sedimentation
This carbon cycle process fixes the carbon in CO2 to organic compounds, including sugars/glucose
Cellular respiration
Extraction
Photosynthesis
Burial
Extraction and _______ of fossil fuels causes an anthropogenic increase of CO2 in the atmosphere.
exchange
sedimentation
cellular respiration
combustion
This carbon cycle releases the carbon in organic compounds back into carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Cellular respiration
Exchange
Photosynthesis
Extraction
True or false: Coral use carbonate (CO3) ions to build their calcium carbonate skeleton.
True
False
Ocean acidification _____ the pH of the ocean.
raises
lowers
The greenhouse effect becomes enhanced and intensified when a(n) ______ of carbon dioxide (CO2) is in the atmosphere.
decrease
increase
bottle
True or false: Marine calcifiers are affected by ocean acidification because ocean acidification decreases the amount of carbonate (CO3) ion available to use.
True
False
The White Cliffs of Dover is made up of a lot of _____, which make calcium carbonate shells.
coral
foraminifera
coccolithophores
jellyfish
What is a solution to both ocean acidification and an enhanced greenhouse effect?
Reducing the amount of fossil fuels combusted.
Planting trees and reducing deforestation.
Using mass transportation and reducing the amount of electricity used.
All of the above
What relationship exists between the coral polyp and the zooxanthellae algae that live inside them?
Mutualism
Predation
Commensalism
Parasitism
Coral bleaching events occur because coral
do not have enough calcium carbonate to build their skeletons.
reflect light back into space, enhancing the greenhouse effect.
undergo extreme heat stress and eject their symbiont.
consume the poisonous zooxanthellae algae and subsequently die.
