​Ocean Acidification Is Occurring Because ____

question 42

Multiple Choice

​Ocean acidification is occurring because ____.

• A) ​of agricultural runoff into rivers
• B) ​the ocean absorb about 25% of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities
• C) ​water changes pH as it warms
• D) ​overfishing is changing the structure of ecosystems,harming the plankton that regulate the pH of ocean water
• E) ​acid rain has worsened over the last two decades

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are transformed into their opposite in one's consciousness.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where uncomfortable thoughts, memories, or desires are pushed out of conscious awareness.

Topographical Model

A Freudian theory in psychology which divides the human mind into the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious parts.