Climate Changes
What is salinity?
The amount of salt dissolved in water
What is the name of the process in which plants release oxygen into the air?
Photosynthesis
Explain how ocean acidification contributes to global warming.
Excessive amounts of CO2 is absorbed from the atmosphere causing the ocean's pH to drop. Aquatic life may die and emit additional CO2.
Without the Greenhouse Effect, Earth's temperature would be unsuitable for most forms of life.
False
What triggers and algal bloom?
increased nutrients, abundant sunlight and warmer temperatures
Three examples of fossil fuels
coal, oil, natural gas, crude oil, petroleum products