IELTS Academic Reading ‘Ocean Acidification’ Answers

Updated On Apr 17, 2021

IELTS Academic Reading ‘Ocean Acidification’ Answers

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The IELTS Academic Reading: Cambridge Reading Sample; ‘Ocean Acidification’ with answers. The post will discuss the answers to questions 1-13.

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Question Number	Answers	Keywords	Location of Keywords
1.	(small) flaps	Swim in a way, resembles butterfly flight, propelled by	Paragraph A, Line 5
2.	(their/the) Shells	Still swimming, were visibly dissolving	Paragraph A, Line 7
3.	(about )1/3 / A Third	Seas have absorbed about a third of all the fossil-fuel carbon	Paragraph C, Lines 3-4
4.	Rocks (on land)	Release of carbonates from rocks on land	Paragraph D, Lines 2-3
5.	(over) 100,000	It took over 100,000 years, oceans to return to their normal state.	Paragraph E, Last 2 lines
6.	Fishing and Tourism (in any order)	Coral reefs, are likely to be affected, fishing and tourism-based, losing billions of dollars	Paragraph F, Lines 4-6
7.	coral(s)	organisms with aragonite structures, will be hardest hit.	Paragraph G, Last 2 lines
8.	microbes	Produce more volatile organic compounds	Paragraph H, Lines 6-7
9.	(the) atmosphere	Some of which escapes, causes clouds to develop	Paragraph H, Lines 7-8
10.	Clouds	Atmosphere, causes clouds to develop	Paragraph H, Line 8
11.	Cooler	More clouds, cooler conditions	Paragraph H, Lines 8-9
12.	Global warming	Cooler conditions, potentially slow global warming	Paragraph H, Last 2 lines
13.	C	CO2, marine ecosystems considerably.	–

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