Carbon and the Ocean Concept Review Game

A negative feedback in Earth’s systems provides–

• amplified change.

• increased change.

• less change.

• more change.

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The process that decreases the pH of the ocean due to an increase in the absorption of carbon dioxide.

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Acidification

• Hydrosphere

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How can an increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration affect the chemistry of ocean water?

• By increasing its acidity

• By allowing shell-forming marine organisms to form shells more efficiently

• There is no change because the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cannot be dissolved into ocean water.

• By increasing its pH

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How does an increase in the acidity of ocean water affect organisms living in that environment?

• All organisms eventually die off because they cannot adapt to the increased acidity.

• All organisms remain unaffected because they adapt to the higher acidity.

• Some organisms are able to adapt to the increased acidity and thrive, while some will eventually die off because they are not able to adapt to the increased acidity

• All food sources are negatively impacted, so the organisms are unable to sustain life.

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Which of the following can is a "source" of the carbon cycle?

• Decomposition

• The burning of fossil fuels

• Volcanic eruptions

• All of these

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Atmosphere

• All water on Earth: oceans surface water, groundwater, and glaciers

• The whole mass of gases surrounding the Earth made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and other trace gases.

• The process that decreases the pH of the ocean due to an increase in the absorption of carbon dioxide.

• All living things or the part of Earth where organisms live.

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All of the following are true about carbon dioxide EXCEPT–

• it is produced during burning or combustion.

• it is needed for photosynthesis to occur.

• it reduces the acidity of the ocean.

• it is produced by animals during respiration.

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Describe the relationship between sources and sinks

• A source will absorb more carbon than it gives off and a sink gives off more than it absorbs.

• Carbon sources are processes that add carbon to the atmosphere and carbon sinks are processes that absorb carbon.

• Sinks consist of volcanic eruptions, fires, respiration of living things, and decomposition.

• Sources consist of photosynthesis, oceans and bodies of water, forests, and fossil fuels.

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Hydrosphere

• All living things or the part of Earth where organisms live.

• The whole mass of gases surrounding the Earth made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and other trace gases.

• Portion of the Earth system that includes the Earth’s interior, rocks and minerals, landforms and the processes that shape the Earth’s surface

• All water on Earth: oceans surface water, groundwater, and glaciers

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Biosphere

• All living things or the part of Earth where organisms live.

• The whole mass of gases surrounding the Earth made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and other trace gases.

• Portion of the Earth system that includes the Earth’s interior, rocks and minerals, landforms and the processes that shape the Earth’s surface

• All water on Earth: oceans surface water, groundwater, and glaciers

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