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How does buring fossil fuels affect the ocean?

A) Burning fossil fuels reduces the amount of precipitation that replenishes ocean water.
B) Burning fossil fuels can lead to ocean acidification.
C) The carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels is poisonous to many marine mammals.
D) Marine animals are forced to live in oxygen depleted environments due to the burning of fossil
fuels.
E) Burning fossil fuels does not have an effect on the ocean.

User Mijago
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Answer:

B) Burning fossil fuels can lead to ocean acidification.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Well CO2 is a fossil fuel and a greenhouse gas.

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Its C because it affect fossil fuels when they are burn it affect the living things
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