AP Environmental Science 9.6: Ocean Warming
Practice AP Environmental Science questions on greenhouse gases, ocean warming, coral bleaching, habitat loss, and marine species.
- Syllabus
- Effective Fall 2025
- Course
- AP Environmental Science
Exam points
- explain how ocean warming causes coral bleaching, habitat loss, and marine metabolic or reproductive changes
Covered syllabus points
9.6 Ocean Warming question 1
The graph shows measurements of atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide ( ) at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, and the measurements of pH levels in the ocean nearby at Station ALOHA. Measurements of pH began in 1992.
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE AT MAUNA LOA AND OCEANIC pH AT STATION ALOHA, HAWAII
Changes in pH in the world's oceans pose a risk to many marine organisms.
Other than threats posed by decreasing pH, identify an additional anthropogenic threat to the world's coral reef ecosystems and describe how the threat damages the coral reefs and coral reef ecosystems.
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