Ocean chemistry and carbon cycle

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What is the carbon cycle?

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the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment

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Which two systems are in "balance" with each other: Volcanism and ocean acidification, Photosynthesis and respiration, Plankton and crabs, The carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle?

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Photosynthesis and respiration

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What is not an issue involved in the burning of fossil fuels? Options: Releases previously trapped carbon into the atmosphere, Causes air pollution, Contributes to acid rain, Reduces ocean salinity.

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Reduces ocean salinity.

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What is a greenhouse gas?

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A gas that can absorb infrared light.

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Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas? Ozone, Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane

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Nitrogen

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The process in which heat is trapped in the atmosphere.

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The pH of an acidic solution will be...

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Lower then 7

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Thermohaline circulation is also known as...

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The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt

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What moves surface currents?

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Wind

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What causes deepwater formation (surface currents becoming deep currents)?

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An increase in density due to cooling and increasing salinity.