Review Unit 9
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9.1 & 9.2 - Stratospheric Ozone Depletion & Reduction of Depletion
a. Identify a specific human health consequence of exposure to UV-B and UV-C radiation and
Describe how stratospheric ozone protects humans from these forms of radiation
b. Draw out the process of UV-B and UV-C radiation driving the formation of ozone and then the
breakdown of ozone.
c. Add CFCs to your drawing and
illustrate how free chlorine atoms
break apart ozone molecules
d. Describe the purpose of the Montreal Protocol
e. Identify the two environmental benefits of transitioning from CFCs to HFOs
9.3 - The Greenhouse Effect
a. Describe how greenhouse gasses warm earth’s atmosphere
b. Draw a picture of the greenhouse effect,
demonstrating how CO2, CHf and H2O
warm earth’s atmosphere
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9.3 - The Greenhouse Effect (cont.)
c. Explain why water is considered a greenhouse gas, but not considered a major contributor to
climate change
d. Define the term Greenhouse Warming Potential (GWP) and identify the two factors that are used
to determine the GWP of a given molecule
e. Explain how the GWP of methane would be determined.
9.4 - Increase in Greenhouse Gasses
a. Identify and explain TWO reasons that sea levels rise as global atmospheric temperature
increases
b. Describe one ecological consequence of sea level rise for coastal ecosystems
c. Describe one economic consequence of sea level rise for coastal communities
d. Describe how global warming may result in an increase in the impacts of infectious disease
9.5 - Global Climate Change
a. Explain why Earth has experienced a fairly consistent pattern of global climate change over the
past 800,000 years
b. Identify TWO pieces of evidence scientists have used to measure historic temperature and CO2
concentrations of Earth’s atmosphere over the past 800,000 years and describe how one of
these pieces of evidence is used to determine either historic atmospheric temperature or CO2
level
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9.5 - Global Climate Change (cont.)
c. Identify TWO reasons that Earth’s poles have warmed more than other regions on Earth and
Explain one of these factors
d. Explain how melting tundra permafrost generates a positive feedback loop that contributes to
global warming
e. Explain how melting polar ice generates a positive feedback loop that causes more warming
f. Identify TWO ecological consequences of rising sea level in coastal regions
g. Explain how melting of polar ice sheets can disrupt thermohaline circulation
h. Explain how atmospheric circulation in the Hadley Cell has been altered by climate change
i. Describe how climate change has destabilized the polar jet stream
9.6 - Ocean Warming
a. Describe one way that ocean warming has caused migration of marine organisms
b. Describe how ocean warming has disrupted reproduction of marine organisms
c. Describe the mutualistic relationship between coral and algae
d. Explain the process of coral bleaching
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9.7 - Ocean Acidification
a. Identify the main cause for ocean acidification
b. Write out the chemical equation that demonstrates the formation of carbonic acid in the ocean
c. Write out the chemical expression that demonstrates how the formation of carbonic acid in the
ocean increases the concentration of H+ ions in ocean water
d. Explain how ocean acidification impacts shell-building or exoskeleton-building marine organisms
e. Identify the relationship between oceanic CO2 concentration and ocean pH
f. Describe what a lower pH value indicates about the acidity and ion concentration of a solution
9.8 - Invasive Species
a. Describe how an invasive species is defined
b. Identify TWO characteristics that make a species more likely to become invasive
c. Identify the means of introduction and explain one ecological impact of a specific invasive
species
d. Describe TWO methods humans can use to control the spread of invasive species
e. Describe an economic consequence of invasive species
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9.9 - Endangered Species
a. Identify TWO characteristics that make a species more likely to become extinct
b. Describe TWO environmental or ecological factors that can make a species more likely to
become extinct
c. Describe a human action that can reduce the likelihood of a species becoming extinct
d. Describe a piece of legislation that can be used to protect invasive species in the United States
e. Describe an international agreement that can be used to protect invasive species
9.10 - Human Impacts on Biodiversity
a. Identify the 6 major causes for declining biodiversity using the acronym HIPPCO
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b. Identify TWO anthropogenic causes of habitat loss
c. Describe how habitat fragmentation occurs and explain one consequence it can have for a
population
d. Propose a solution to reduce the effects of habitat fragmentation
e. Explain one reason that human population growth can lead to biodiversity loss
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9.10 - Human Impacts on Biodiversity (continued)
f. Identify a specific pollutant and explain how it leads to a loss of biodiversity
g. Identify and explain a specific way in which climate change contributes to a loss of biodiversity
h. Explain how overharvesting of a species can decrease biodiversity or cause extinction of the
species
i. Describe how human food production has caused a decrease in biodiversity