SCI 225 Final with correct answers 2024

SCI 225 FinalDeltas - correct answer deposits of sand and soil at the mouth of a river form What are the 5 consequences of GCC from the human perspective - correct answer - water - food - health - coasts - ecosystems What is the difference between hypothesis and predictions - correct answer Hypotheses explain why and lead to predictions Predictions are estimations made from observations/hypotheses What are scientific models and what types can be used? - correct answer Set of ideas that describe a process, help simplify systems, represent selected parts of a whole, explain and predict natural phenomena, and guide future research. - simulations - conceptual - mathematical weather - correct answer Local atmospheric conditions (precipitation and temperatures) over a short period of time. Highly variable hour to hour and day to day. Climate - correct answer Regional atmospheric conditions over 30 years. "Average" weather throughout the year. Latitudinal Distribution - correct answer Stronger or hotter at the equator and less at the poles. Temperature, precipitation, etc. traveling N/S will get different weather/climates