WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification (21:34 minutes)

1. What is the main problem with the oceans becoming more acidic?

2. Since the Industrial Revolution ocean acidity has increased by how much?

What is the projection for the next few decades?

3. The main issue is the lack of calcium carbonate which organisms use to build

protective shells. What are a few of the consequences of not being able to

build protective shells?

4. Why is the coast of Northern California in such trouble?

5. What happened to the pteropods found in Antarctica?

6. Why are they so vulnerable to ocean acidification and what does that mean

for the long-term consequences to the food chain?

7. Coral reefs seem to be more susceptible to ocean acidification. Why is this

of concern?

8. What is the history of the earth as told by the narrator and why is this

important to review?

9. In conclusion, what positive steps can be done to offset the damage being

done by ocean acidification?

10. Were you aware of this situation and how bad it actually is?