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What is the Gulf Stream? - Answer What is the thermocline? - Answer The area where there is a rapid temperature decrease with a depth of a few hundred meters below the surface How does oceanic temperature vary with depth? - Answer Warmest temperature found near surface (absorbs solar radiation) Then thermocline (temperature decreases rapidly) Deep ocean waters are only a few degrees above freezing What is upwelling? How does it affect oceanic temperature? - Answer Vertical transport ...

APES 4.9: El Nino and La NinaEl Nino (ENSO) - correct answer trade winds weaken & warm surface water moves toward South America. Diminished fisheries off South America, drought in western Pacific, increased precipitation in southwestern North America, fewer Atlantic hurricanes. (see-sawing of air pressure over S. Pacific) THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS La Nina - correct answer the direct opposite of El Niño, occurs when sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean drop to lo...

APES 4.9 El Nino and La Nina Questions with complete solution 2023/2024El Nino (ENSO) - correct answer trade winds weaken & warm surface water moves toward South America. Diminished fisheries off South America, drought in western Pacific, increased precipitation in southwestern North America, fewer Atlantic hurricanes. (see-sawing of air pressure over S. Pacific) THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS La Nina - correct answer the direct opposite of El Niño, occurs when sea surface temperatur...

Seasonal changes - Answer- moon orbits earth once per month Yearly Changes - Answer- earth orbits around the moon one time per year physical change - Answer- A change in a substance that does not change its identity chemical change - Answer- charastics change in state or phase transformation of energy examples - Answer- Chemical Energy is converted to Electrical Energy (stove), Kinetic Energy (car), Electricity (power plant), and Mechanical Energy (space shuttle). Electricity is conv...

ASVAB Science Latest Update (2022/2023) Already Passed The function of an enzyme is to (A) Provide energy for a chemical reaction (B) Speed up a chemical reaction (C) Become hydrolyzed during a chemical reaction (D) Serve as an inorganic catalyst B A one-kilogram mass is dropped from a height of 1 meter. Its kinetic energy just before it hits the ground is about (A) 1 joule (B) 10 joules (C) 100 joules (D) 1,000 joules B The DNA of a cell is found mainly in its (A) Membrane (B) Cytopl...

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Define El Nino. - Irregular series of climatic changes affecting the Equatorial Pacific region, characterized by unusually warm, nutrient-poor water Explain what happens to the wind during El Nino. - The winds become weaker Explain what happens to the wind during La Nina. - The winds become stronger. What is 1/2 of the energy from the sun used for? - Evaporation - Converting water from liquid to gas Contrast the characteristics of a Western-Boundary current and an Eastern-Boundary current....

ESRM 101 Final Quiz Historically what has been the typical response of people to any natural disturbance? By ignoring major disturbances that occur over longer time scales, how was land management for timber, conservation and endangered species management impacted? Realistically, can humans manage large scale natural disturbances? - Historically the response has been to try and control or mitigate the effects of natural disturbance. Land management is impacted positively when ignoring ma...

Life in the Sea Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Phylum Chordata - ANSWERSvertebrates Class reptilia - ANSWERSorder squamata testudines crocodylia Order squamata - ANSWERSsea snakes (indian and pacific ocean, El Nino push towards the west of continents) marine iguanas (1 species) (endemic) (Galapagos) (indigenous) (salt glands in nose: spit water at you) True sea snakes - ANSWERSvenomous tail acts like a rudder block nostrils w/ flap when goes under water most live birth ...

Fjord - ANSWERSA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... - ANSWERS...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks - ANSWERSIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shale, Sandstone (made...