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?

1. in 1492, spain expelled after being under their rule for centuries. a. the portuguese b. the basques c. the castilians d. the moors 2. an important cultural center during the renaissance was the city of a. milan b. bologna c. florence d. naples 3. what is the connection between the minoan civilization and a volcanic eruption on thera? a. the earthquake happened a century before the collapse of the civilization. b. the earthquake created a graben. c. the earthquake caused the collapse of the civilization. d. the earthquake caused a volcanic eruption. 4. throughout history, other cultures influenced greece through a. military conquest b. shared ideals c. trade agreements 5. geographically, spain is isolated from the rest of europe by a. portugal b. the atlantic ocean c. the pyrenees mountains d. narrow coastal plains 6. most of central spain is known as the meseta, which is the spanish word for a. mountains b. plateau c. peninsula d. plains 7. for the people of ancient greece, the  iliad, and the  odyssey  a. copied western ideals b. were not popular c. presented community standards d. were children’s poems\ 8. western cultures got many of their ideas about from ancient greece. a. warfare b. democracy c. education d. agriculture 9. how is greece’s natural vegetation similar to that of other mediterranean countries? a. it has been damaged by forest fires. b. it is mainly deciduous forests. c. it grows rapidly in the wet climate. d. it has been reduced to scrub vegetation by overgrazing. 10. what is the most productive agricultural area in italy? a. the alps b. the po valley c. southern italy d. the apennines 11. many factories in northern italy use for energy. a. coal b. hydroelectricity c. nuclear energy d. natural gas 12. what major landform covers much of italy? a. the apennines b. the po river valley c. the alps