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People who Cares about Marine Life
Well basically, the 3 owners of this blog belongs to mainly 3 hot babes. ((:
1st Babe:
Name: Nurliyana bte Mohd Hashim
Age: 15
Birthday: 9th March 1993
Loves: malay dance, nature, babies
2nd Babe:
Name: Ni'mah Binte Mohamed Nasir
Age: 14
Birthday: 31st December 1993
Loves: (Online) shopping, Biology, Family & Friends.
3nd Babe:
Name: Natassha
Nickname: Hannah Montana
Age: 15
Birthday: 1st August 93
Loves: Fashion, Music, The Outdoors
Try not to refer to the blog entries. (:
Proceed to http://answersforthequiz.blogspot.com/ for the answers. :D
3 MCQ's
1) Where can Pink Dolphin be found?
(a) China (b)Thailand (c) All two countries
2) Coral reefs are home to how many species of fishes?
(a)1000 (b)4000 (c) 7000
3) How are coral reefs threatened?
(a) Oxygen (b) water pollution (c) None of the above
3 Structured Questions
4) What are 2 examples an individual can help to conserve the marine life? Explain.
5) Why are coral reefs so important to us? Give me 2 examples. Explain.
6) What is Marine Conservation?
Proceed to http://answersforthequiz.blogspot.com/ for the answers. :D
1) Where can Pink Dolphin be found?
(a) China (b)Thailand (c) All two countries
2) Coral reefs are home to how many species of fishes?
(a)1000 (b)4000 (c) 7000
3) How are coral reefs threatened?
(a) Oxygen (b) water pollution (c) None of the above
3 Structured Questions
4) What are 2 examples an individual can help to conserve the marine life? Explain.
5) Why are coral reefs so important to us? Give me 2 examples. Explain.
6) What is Marine Conservation?
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http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.mcsuk.org/
http://www.underwaterworld.com.sg
http://www.mcbi.org/
http://www.nss.org.sg
http://www.rsyu.org
http://www.nature.org
http://coralreef.nus.edu.sg
http://www.coral.org
http://marinebio.org
Thursday, September 4, 2008
3)What are the causes for the marine life to be endangered
What are causing the marine species to be endangered?
Firstly, Global Warming/Climate Change.
Global warming is the increase of the average temperature in the atmosphere and oceans over time due primarily to human influences. The greenhouse effect is largely caused by human-generated carbon dioxide (CO2) and, to some extent, by increasing solar activity. Evidence of global warming includes decreased snowfall, rising sea levels and changes to weather trends.
Scientists have recently discovered that the basic chemistry of the ocean is being altered by excess carbon dioxide absorption, which threatens marine organisms by increasing acidification[reaction betweenCO2 and H2O, which forms carbonic acid (H2CO3)] . Carbonic acid increases the acidity of ocean waters by lowering the pH which inhibits the reaction organisms.
Increasing acidity will affect numerous reproductive or physiological processes in other marine species with unknown consequences.Therefore, this will be disastrous for nearly all ocean ecosystems. All these changes are connected to us. Anything that happens to the ocean will affect our lives as a quater of the world's population will be driven inward. Examples of tragedies that may happen in 20 years or less will be food and water will become in very short supply and people will become homeless and will live in poverty.
Secondly, Overfishing.
Fish currently supply the greatest percentage of the world's protein consumed by humans. This fact may soon change. More than 70% of the world's fisheries are over exploited, which threatens the health, economy, and livelihoods of communities all over the world.
Overfishing not only causes depletion in individual fish stocks, but also disruption to entire ecosystems in the ocean. Deep-sea trawling is particularly harmful to ecosystems because it strips the entire environment of all living things including deep ocean corals.
Thirdly,Ocean Dumping Grounds.
Although the ocean covers two-thirds of the surface of the Earth, it is surprisingly vulnerable to human influences such as dumping of waste from human activity. The most toxic waste material dumped into the ocean includes dredged material, industrial waste, sewage sludge, and radioactive waste. When these materials find their way into the ocean, marine organisms suffer toxic effects and sea food is often contaminated.
A biological process where dissolved nutrients cause oxygen-depleting bacteria and plants to proliferate creating a hypoxic, or oxygen poor, environment that kills marine life. Ocean dumping can destroy entire habitats and ecosystems when excess sediment builds up and toxins are released.
Firstly, Global Warming/Climate Change.
Global warming is the increase of the average temperature in the atmosphere and oceans over time due primarily to human influences. The greenhouse effect is largely caused by human-generated carbon dioxide (CO2) and, to some extent, by increasing solar activity. Evidence of global warming includes decreased snowfall, rising sea levels and changes to weather trends.
Scientists have recently discovered that the basic chemistry of the ocean is being altered by excess carbon dioxide absorption, which threatens marine organisms by increasing acidification[reaction betweenCO2 and H2O, which forms carbonic acid (H2CO3)] . Carbonic acid increases the acidity of ocean waters by lowering the pH which inhibits the reaction organisms.
Increasing acidity will affect numerous reproductive or physiological processes in other marine species with unknown consequences.Therefore, this will be disastrous for nearly all ocean ecosystems. All these changes are connected to us. Anything that happens to the ocean will affect our lives as a quater of the world's population will be driven inward. Examples of tragedies that may happen in 20 years or less will be food and water will become in very short supply and people will become homeless and will live in poverty.
Secondly, Overfishing.
Fish currently supply the greatest percentage of the world's protein consumed by humans. This fact may soon change. More than 70% of the world's fisheries are over exploited, which threatens the health, economy, and livelihoods of communities all over the world.
Overfishing not only causes depletion in individual fish stocks, but also disruption to entire ecosystems in the ocean. Deep-sea trawling is particularly harmful to ecosystems because it strips the entire environment of all living things including deep ocean corals.
Thirdly,Ocean Dumping Grounds.
Although the ocean covers two-thirds of the surface of the Earth, it is surprisingly vulnerable to human influences such as dumping of waste from human activity. The most toxic waste material dumped into the ocean includes dredged material, industrial waste, sewage sludge, and radioactive waste. When these materials find their way into the ocean, marine organisms suffer toxic effects and sea food is often contaminated.
A biological process where dissolved nutrients cause oxygen-depleting bacteria and plants to proliferate creating a hypoxic, or oxygen poor, environment that kills marine life. Ocean dumping can destroy entire habitats and ecosystems when excess sediment builds up and toxins are released.
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