Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Sea Change Acidification video

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Question #1
What is 500 ppm?
A.   500 parts per millimeter of CO2
B.   500 parts per measurement of CO2
C.   500 parts per million of CO2
D.   500 parts per meter of CO2
Question #2
How much CO2 does the ocean take up per day?
A.   2000 million tons of CO2
B.   2 tons of CO2
C.   22 million tons of CO2
D.   200 million tons of CO2
E.   20 million tons of CO2
Question #3
How much carbon dioxide has the ocean take up in the past 200 years?
A.   18 billion metric tons
B.   200 billion metric tons
C.   118 billion metric tons
D.   1 billion metric tons
Question #4
Why do the salmon jump?
A.   To flee the salmon shark
B.   To mate
C.   To spot killer whales
D.   To lengthen their bodies
E.   We don’t really know
Question #5
Have the herring fisheries recovered from the Valdez spill?
A.   YES
B.   NO
Question #6
What is the pH of water when you just put CO2 in the water?
A.   7
B.   4
C.   1
D.   11
E.   3
Question #7
What happened 65 million years ago?
A.   Oceans became neutral
B.   Ocean gyres reversed their flows
C.   Oceans became alkaline
D.   Oceans became acidic
Question #8
How long did it take for corals to recover?
A.   100,000 years
B.   2 million years
C.   2 years
D.   100 days
E.   5 million years
Question #9
According to many economists, how much would it costs to eliminate CO2 ?
A.   2% of GDP
B.   35% of GDP
C.   5% of GDP
D.   3% of GDP
E.   15% of GDP
Question #10
What is the world’s tallest mountain?
A.   Mt Whitney
B.   Denali
C.   Ojos del Salado
D.   Hawaii
E.   Mt Everest
F.   Mt Blanc
Question #11
What is happening to the glaciers in Svalbard, Norway?
A.   The data is uncertain
B.   Growing quickly due to carbon emissions
C.   Receding quickly due to carbon emissions
D.   Stabilizing due to carbon emissions
Question #12
Where do they plan on putting the large wind generators in Norway?
A.   24 m out to sea
B.   40 m out to sea
C.   10 m out to sea
D.   450 m out to sea
E.   4 m out to sea
Question #13
How much more power can be generated by wind than required by the current      electrical needs?
A.   200x more
B.   20x more
C.   2x more
D.   100x more
Question #14
How many wind turbines does Norway need to generate enough electricity for      itself?
A.   19,000
B.   297,000
C.   6,000
D.   12,000
E.   3,000
Question #15
How much money would it require to power the entire US with solar panels?
A.   $40 billion
B.   $42 billion
C.   $893 billion
D.   $420 billion
E.   $4 trillion
Question #16
What did the Putney School build?
A.   A new tennis court
B.   A net zero carbon structure
C.   A new gym
D.   A new road

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