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Marine Life
The Carbon Cycle
Industrial Impact
Environmental Impact
Vocabulary
100
Currently in the Pacific Northwest, which species is effected the most due to ocean acidification?
What is shellfish?
100
When CO2 mixes with seawater, what type of acid does this create?
What is carbonic acid?
100
Which state's fishing industry will have significant impact on the Pacific North West?
Where is Alaska?
100
The average pH of surface seawater has dropped this much.
What is 0.1, or 30%?
100
Shells of shellfish are made up of ___.
What is a calcifier, or calcium carbonate?
200
Creatures that build shells/skeletons make up __% of the species of Puget Sound.
What is 30%?
200
The amount of CO2 has increased because of the growth of ____.
What is fossil fuel?
200
What is the current solution to alleviate ocean acidification?
How to reduce CO2 levels?
200
The surface of the Puget Sound has become __% more acidic compared to the worldwide pH averages.
What is 100%?
200
A tool of measurement to determine how acidic or basic a substance is.
What is the pH scale?
300
What are all marine life sensitive too?
What is temperature change?
300
Carbonic acid lowers ____, causing the seawater to become more ____.
What are the pH levels and acidity?
300
Seawater hatcheries are facing this problem today, causing their business to decline.
What is oyster larvae ____?
300
In the past 50 million years, how much has the rate of ocean acidification increased?
What is 10-100 times faster?
300
A naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms each covalently double bonded to a single carbon atom.
What is CO2?
400
Which character in Spongebob would be affected by ocean acidification the most?
Who is Mr. Krabs?
400
The Carbon Cycle limits organisms access to this specific ion, which allows them to build their shells.
What are carbonate ions?
400
How many years does it take to breed/grow oysters in time to market them?
What is 3 years?
400
What value on the pH scale would cause fish to die?
What is 4.2?
400
The movement of carbon as it is recycled and reused throughout the biosphere.
What is The Carbon Cycle?