SCMH 1010 18 & 20 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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Glaciers are found
A: High Mountains
B: Antarctica
C: All options correct
D: Arctic
E: Greenland Ans✓✓✓C: All options correct
What drives the global atmospheric circulation?
A: radioactive decay of nuclear particles
B: energy of the Sun
C: tides
D: convection cells within the mantle
E: ocean circulation Ans✓✓✓B: Energy of the Sun
What is one impact of gyres on coastal climates?
A: Warm water along east coast of continents
B: Cold water at the equator
,C: Warm water at the poles
D: Cold water along the east coast of continets
E: Warm water along west coast of continents Ans✓✓✓A: Warm water
along east coast of continents
The ocean is maintaining a constant salinity because...
A: chemical reactions in the oceans combine elements into compounds
that are stored in the biota or ocean sediment
B: the ocean is actually increasing in salinity
C: the fresh water from the rivers equals the amount of water evaporated
from the oceans
D: glaciers are melting and adding fresh water to the system
E: chlorine and sodium will not form a salt compound at normal ocean
temperatures Ans✓✓✓A: chemical reactions in the oceans combine
elements into compounds that are stored in the biota or ocean
Some estimates indicate that the amount of the world's fresh water that is
stored as groundwater may be close to...
A: 57%
B: 98%
C: 1%
D: 10% Ans✓✓✓B: 98%
, Chemical residence time in ocean water is...
A: the time it takes for one liter of water to move one horizontal mile
through the ocean
B: the average time an element spends in the ocean before it is used in a
chemical reaction
C: the same as a Milankovitch cycle
D: the average length of time a molecule of water stays in the ocean
E: the amount of time a tropical storm can remain over the ocean before
dying out Ans✓✓✓B: the average time an element spends in the ocean
before it is used in a chemical reaction
What is the second largest reservoir of water on earth?
A: lakes and streams
B: clouds
C: oceans
D: aquifers
E: glaciers Ans✓✓✓E: glaciers
The movement of heat by __________ drives ocean currents
A: conduction
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW!!
Glaciers are found
A: High Mountains
B: Antarctica
C: All options correct
D: Arctic
E: Greenland Ans✓✓✓C: All options correct
What drives the global atmospheric circulation?
A: radioactive decay of nuclear particles
B: energy of the Sun
C: tides
D: convection cells within the mantle
E: ocean circulation Ans✓✓✓B: Energy of the Sun
What is one impact of gyres on coastal climates?
A: Warm water along east coast of continents
B: Cold water at the equator
,C: Warm water at the poles
D: Cold water along the east coast of continets
E: Warm water along west coast of continents Ans✓✓✓A: Warm water
along east coast of continents
The ocean is maintaining a constant salinity because...
A: chemical reactions in the oceans combine elements into compounds
that are stored in the biota or ocean sediment
B: the ocean is actually increasing in salinity
C: the fresh water from the rivers equals the amount of water evaporated
from the oceans
D: glaciers are melting and adding fresh water to the system
E: chlorine and sodium will not form a salt compound at normal ocean
temperatures Ans✓✓✓A: chemical reactions in the oceans combine
elements into compounds that are stored in the biota or ocean
Some estimates indicate that the amount of the world's fresh water that is
stored as groundwater may be close to...
A: 57%
B: 98%
C: 1%
D: 10% Ans✓✓✓B: 98%
, Chemical residence time in ocean water is...
A: the time it takes for one liter of water to move one horizontal mile
through the ocean
B: the average time an element spends in the ocean before it is used in a
chemical reaction
C: the same as a Milankovitch cycle
D: the average length of time a molecule of water stays in the ocean
E: the amount of time a tropical storm can remain over the ocean before
dying out Ans✓✓✓B: the average time an element spends in the ocean
before it is used in a chemical reaction
What is the second largest reservoir of water on earth?
A: lakes and streams
B: clouds
C: oceans
D: aquifers
E: glaciers Ans✓✓✓E: glaciers
The movement of heat by __________ drives ocean currents
A: conduction
