Warming Oceans
What percentage of atmospheric carbon is absorbed by the ocean?
A). 80%-90%
B). 75%-80%
C). 70%-75%
A) 80%-90% - the oceans absorbed the heat form the sun, therefore making the oceans more heated. Oceans absorbed roughly 1000 years amount of heat.
How much of the world's freshwater is frozen in Greenland and Antarctica?
A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 40%
40% - this is because freshwater doesn't contain salt (the thing that keeps oceans unfrozen from certain elements). Oceans normally don't freeze because of this, but since freshwater contains no salt, it is an easier body of water to freeze.
When sea level rise the Slow-growing species are most unlikely to be able to keep pace with the rising sea level. True or False?
True. When the sea level go up the slow growing species start to die off. This affects the way the ecosystem will work.
how is the Ocean Acidification affecting the oceans?
the Ocean Acidification are affecting the oceans by make the chemicals of the salt water more acidic of plants and living creatures
What are some effects of warming oceans?
The coral reef could get bleach, therefore effecting the ecosystem; the ice could melt and many ice/ocean relying animals could die (i.e: polar bears, and turtles, etc.)
What happens to the ecosystem if all ice melts?
The animals would start to die off. This means that the whole ecosystems would be messed up.
Melting sea ice has the potential to raise sea level by several meters. True or False?
False. Melting sea ice cannot raise global sea level since the ice is already floating.
How ocean acidification impacts human welfare?
Many of the shell-forming organisms provide critical habitat and food sources for other organism directly and indirectly impacting the availability of marine food sources for humans.
How could warming oceans effect the ecosystem?
less important resource from in the water will make it to the surface of the water. Many important marine ecosystems almost completely depend on these resource from such areas.
how can the greenhouse gas affect the shirking ice sheets?
the Green house gas affects the shirking ice, the atmosphere is like the greenhouse and traps the heat which mean the ocean absorbs the heat and makes the ice melts
How are the rising sea level affect the future of the marine life ?
Sea turtles nesting in beaches are lost at sea because of the sea level rising. Man made barriers such as cliffs, sea walls, and costal developments stand in the way of migrating further inland. Which means all animals will die off
how can ocean acidification affect the ecosystem?
Ocean acidification reduces the amount of carbonate, a key building block in seawater. This makes it more difficult for marine organisms, such as coral and some plankton, to form their shells and skeletons, and existing shells may begin to dissolve
How can warming ocean really effect us during years coming
We have such a big impact on the living things around us. Lots of people require the oceans to live. if the ocean warms up the people and animals that need the ocean will die off.
How could the sea levels affect humans in the year coming?
The earth has already been affected be the sea level rising. The houses by the costal area have been flood and have take by hurricanes which are affected by the sea level rising
How is the fossil fuel (that are make more greenhouse gas) affect the oceans acidification?
A). the fossils fuels are altering the chemical of seawater, making it more acidic.
B). the fossil fuel helps the oceans acidification not hurts it.
C). it is hurting the oceans acidification because it is make the ecosystem fail
A). the fossils fuels are altering the chemical of seawater, making it more acidic.