Ocean and climate Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

14: Thermocline thin layer where temperature changes more rapidly with depth than it does in the layers above or below pynocline is the cline or layer where the density gradient is greatest within a body of water source of sea salts chemical weathering of rock what factors control the salinity of seawater? precipitation and evaporation what factors control the density of seawater? temp and salinity 15: beach drift Type of erosion where sediment moves in a...

GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk Exam weather exact state of the atmosphere at a particular location and time climate long-term patterns or trends of meteorological conditions (usually periods >30 years) climate change change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades aka global warming for how many years do we have observational history of temperature change? 150 years how much has the earth warmed since 1860, according to sate...

SCI 225 EXAM 2 How can we know climate of the past? - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis - correct answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics - correct answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers glaciation hypothesis - correct answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger - correct answer a ship t...

Ocean 100 SacramentoGrilo Exam 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed what makes up the water molecule? 1. 2 hydrogen (+) atoms, attracts (-) atoms 2. 1 oxygen (-) atoms, attracts (+) atoms what is the bond angle of the water molecule? 105° what's so peculiar about this molecule? it's one of the few molecules on earth present in 3 different ways: liquid, solid, & gas what kind of bonds are in the water molecule? covalent bonds (sharing electrons between O & H atoms) what ki...

SDSU OCEANS 100 EXAM 3 LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ the coastal region (6 parts) 1) coast 2) offshore 3) beach 4) berm 5) notch 6) wave coast land extending inland as far as marine is seen; land adjacent to the beach affected by the ocean offshore extends from breakers to edge of continental shelf beach shore and nearshore; very active berm dry area at foot of coastal cliff; sand notch cave cut into sea cliff by waves wave-cut platform flat eroded bedrock at beach created by ...

APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use Layers of the Atmosphere - correct answer troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. A further region at about 500 km above the Earth's surface is called the exosphere Troposphere - correct answer Closest layer to Earth Densest layer Weather occurs Stratosphere - correct answer Ozone layer: pale blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) Absorbs UV-B and UV-C radiation Climate varies in different parts of the Ear...

LUOA Earth Science Module 8 Questions and Answers Graded A Glossopteris was a temperate climate leaf fossil. He found it in Antarctica. How could this be? Because that fossil was supposed to have been in a temperate climate near the equator but instead was in Antartica, meaning that the continents have moved since the beginning of time. Alfred Wegener discovered rocks in the Appalachian Mountains matched rocks in _______________________. Europe and Greenland Originally, Wegener's hypothesis ...

GARP Sustainability and Climate Risk Exam weather exact state of the atmosphere at a particular location and time climate long-term patterns or trends of meteorological conditions (usually periods >30 years) climate change change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades aka global warming for how many years do we have observational history of temperature change? 150 years how much has the earth warmed since 1860, according to satelli...

the age of the Earth is: a. 4.56 million years b. 3.5 billion years c. 4.56 billion years d. 14 billion years correct answers c. 4.56 billion years your semester at sea take an unexpected turn when the ship's captain decides to teach you a lesson by throwing all the navigation equipment overboard. Thankfully, your mom purchased you a nice chronometer wristwatch when you graduated high school in Greenwich, England. Always wanting to know when it's a good time to call mum, one of your ma...

SCI 225 EXAM 2How can we know climate of the past? - correct answer ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agazzis - correct answer created glaciation hypothesis after studying glacial erratics and striations Glacial erratics - correct answer enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers glaciation hypothesis - correct answer over time climate can change and during cold periods glaciers move down and during warm periods they retreat HMS challenger - correct answer a ship tha...