Ocean Acidification Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• clacifiers : are organisms with shells/skeletons made from calcium carbonate
• short term cycles : is the exchange of carbon dioxide rapidly between plants and animals through respiration and photosynthesis.
• pteropods : have delicate calcium carbonate shells that are vulnerable to ocean acidification
• sea grass : grows more rapidly under elevated carbon dioxide conditons.
• carbonate : _ icons helps make calcium carbonate shells and skeletons.
• volcanic vents : provide some clues as to how marine ecosystems might respond to the expected changes in ocean chemistry.
• partial pressure : the pressure that carbon dioxide gas exerts if it were alone in the container instead of being a component of the mixture of gases in the atmosphere or ocean.
• corals : play a critical role in ecosystems.
• carbonic acid : h2 co3
• polar waters : protect and support some of the most productive fisheries in the world.
• plankton : a mixture of tiny free-floating plants and animals that live and grow in sunlit surface waters and serve as the foundation of the marine food chain.
• ph levels : a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions using a logarithmic scale.
• carbon cycle : maintains a natural balance of carbon in the atmosphere, land, and ocean.
• long term cycles : is when organic carbon becomes stored deep within the earths crust and forms fossil fuels.
• southern ocean : will begin to become corrosive to some types of carbonate structure by the year 2050.