When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. What does the phrase “reputation falls to pieces” mean?
One can prove a bad reputation is false by being kind to animals.
A person’s reputation is seriously damaged or destroyed.

A person who takes care of his or her dog will always have a good reputation.

Reputation isn’t important; what matters is what one's friends think about them.

Oceans produce approximately 80 percent of the oxygen our planet needs to support animal life. pollution that reaches the ocean through dumping, oil leaks, runoff, and other processes interferes with that oxygen production and poses a real threat to the oxygen content in our atmosphere. if the oxygen content decreases, it is likely that carbon dioxide will increase. this could have dramatic consequences for life as we know it. which does this passage indicate causes a decrease of oxygen in the atmosphere?