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BIOBEYOND UNIT 7: THEN AND NOW (ACTUAL / )
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS | UPDATED
Reflecting on the data you just observed on the prior screen, which of the causes of coral bleaching will become more
frequent and powerful? Select all that apply: - ---Answers---
Increased water temperature Overexposure to sunlight
Drag and drop the the three coral states below to show the transition from healthy coral to bleached coral. - ---Answers- --algae inside the coral, algae outside the algae, no algae
Examine the Florida panhandle indicated by the arrow on the map. If you went snorkeling in 2015, what might you have seen based on the information from this map? - ---Answers--- Abundant bleached coral with some not recovering.
Based on what you've seen so far, how do you think these changes relate to Climate Change? - ---Answers--- coincidence
Hypothesis: If Earth's temperature is increasing, what would
you expect is happening around Australia and New Zealand in the following areas? - ---Answers---Land temperatures are increasing 1 / 2
Glaciers are decreasing Sea surface temperature is increasing Coral reefs are thriving
What patterns (or trends) do you notice in the graph? Select all that apply. - ---Answers---Higher temperatures are more frequent in Australia
What trend do you see in the map? - ---Answers---Cooling is limited to a small region
Think back to what you saw about glaciers in the US. How does the change in New Zealand glaciers compare? - ---Answers-- -Both US and New Zealand glaciers are shrinking
What patterns (or trends) do you notice in the graph over time?
- ---Answers---The sizes of the warmer anomalies are
increasing Higher temperatures are more frequent now The sizes of the cooler anomalies are decreasing
Do you notice anything about the distribution of bleaching? - -- -Answers---The bleaching gets worse the further north you go
Now that you have observed a change in the temperature around the reef and a change in distribution of the bleaching,
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