8.3 Climate Change

Question 1

Cause of ocean acidification

Answer 1

burning fossil fuels

Question 2

Ocean acidification makes the ocean more

Answer 2

acidic

Question 3

What particular ecosystem is ocean acidification detrimental for

Answer 3

coral reefs because they need carbonate to calcify –> this affects diversity in the ocean bc coral is super important

Question 4

Ocean Acidification (chemically)

Answer 4

CO2 is absorbed by the ocean and it reacts with hydrogen to form carbonic acid
The carbonic acid decomposes into Hydrogen and bicarbonate
the hydrogen reacts with the carbonate and forms bicarbonate ion, so the carbonate ion decreases because there’s more hydrogen

Question 5

albedo

Answer 5

earths reflectivity effect

Question 6

what is albedo (what it does)

Answer 6

basically the phenomena that snow and ice reflect a lot of the suns rays back into space so the earth does not get too hot

Question 7

what is the effect of climate change on albedo

Answer 7

its reducing its effect and therefore the earth is getting hotter bc theres not a lot of snow and there’s more water and the water absorbs the heat and melts the snow and then it becomes a cycle

Question 8

why is the melting of permafrost bad

Answer 8

they release microbes

they release carbon

lake holes

Question 9

why is the increase in microbes bc of melting permafrost bad

Answer 9

they release carbon dioxide and methane which are greenhouse gasses

Question 10

why is the melting of permafrost (carbon thing) bad

Answer 10

bc permafrost holds almost 3x more carbon than even forets

Question 11

what is a worse greenhouse gas methane of co2

Answer 11

methane

Question 12

why are lake holes caused by permafrost bad

Answer 12

they release sm methane you light some on fire and the land also does mudslides and stuff like that bc only permafrost was holding the together