Coral Unit Review

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

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Extraction and _______ of fossil fuels causes an anthropogenic increase of CO₂ in the atmosphere.

• exchange

• sedimentation

• cellular respiration

• combustion

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This carbon cycle releases the carbon in organic compounds back into carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

• Cellular respiration

• Exchange

• Photosynthesis

• Extraction

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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

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The greenhouse effect becomes enhanced and intensified when a(n) ______ of carbon dioxide (CO₂) is in the atmosphere.

• decrease

• increase

• bottle

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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

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