- Imagine you have two beakers: one with 750 ml of sea water andone with 750 ml of distilled water. You bubble CO2 into each andtake the pH of each solution every minute for 15 minutes.
Q1: Why did pH decrease whenCO2 was added to water and sea water?
Q2: Why did the pH of the waterdecrease more quickly than the sea water?
- Explain how the buffer system in our blood is related to oceanacidification.
According to the video “ChangingWaters on the Oregon Coast”:
1: What aquatic organisms are mostvulnerable to ocean acidification?
Q2: Why will the Oregon coast continueto see an increase in ocean acidification for 30-35 years even ifwe were to completely stop CO2 emissions today and cap theatmospheric levels?
