GEOL 1350 Final Exam || Questions and 100% Accurate Answers.
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GEOL 1350
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GEOL 1350
The term geoengineering refers to _________________ correct answers Using volcanoes to slow Global Warming
How do greenhouse gases warm the earth? correct answers Reflect long wavelength light (heat) downward toward surface
Currently, natural gas and coal are the two cheapest sources of energ...
GEOL 1350 Final Exam || Questions and 100% Accurate
Answers.
The term geoengineering refers to _________________ correct answers Using volcanoes to slow
Global Warming
How do greenhouse gases warm the earth? correct answers Reflect long wavelength light (heat)
downward toward surface
Currently, natural gas and coal are the two cheapest sources of energy used in producing
electricity.(T/F) correct answers True
Sea level is currently falling.(T/F) correct answers False
The earth's atmosphere contained no greenhouse gases before humans started emitting them.
(T/F) correct answers False
Winds must be _____ or greater for something to be considered a tornado. correct answers 40
MPH
______ tornadoes and higher cause structural damage in buildings correct answers F2
How many F6 tornadoes have been observed in the United States? correct answers None
What water body supplies warm, moist air to Midwest tornadoes? correct answers Gulf of
Mexico
Lower atmospheric pressures in the center of a hurricane are associated with
_________________ correct answers Stronger storms
The company that drilled the well near the mud volcano blame a ___________________ for the
mud eruption. correct answers An earthquake
When did the Little Ice begin? correct answers Roughly 1300 or 1400
What ended Medieval Warm Period? correct answers Little Ice Age
Scientists measured 18O/16O in ______________ to reconstruct Maya-era droughts. correct
answers Ostracod shells
What happens when too much water is taken from the ground? correct answers Ground subsides
Latent heat slows down supercell formation and thereby decreases tornado liklihoods. correct
answers False
, Why are underpasses unsafe during tornadoes? correct answers They enhance winds
Low, rotating clouds are warning sign of tornadoes.(T/F) correct answers True
Hurricane Katrina ranks as the deadliest hurricane disaster in U.S. history.
(T/F) correct answers False
What is the greatest threat associated with hurricanes? correct answers Storm surges
What is the Loop Current? correct answers Warm water flowing from the Caribbean into the
Gulf of Mexico
Lower atmospheric pressures in the center of a hurricane are associated with
_________________ correct answers Stronger storms
Coastal wetlands _________________ inland storm surges. correct answers Weaken (by slowing
them among other things)
The Younger Dryas devasted the ___________________ civilization correct answers Abu
Hureya
The ratio 18O/16O is a drought proxy. Low 18O/16O values indicate _____________ correct
answers A wet period
Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas? correct answers Oxygen
Modern CO2 levels are now 400 ppm. Over the last million years, values have been in the range
of ______________ . correct answers 200-300 ppm
The earth's atmosphere contained no greenhouse gases before humans started emitting them.
(T/F) correct answers False
How do greenhouse gases warm the earth? correct answers Reflect long wavelength light (heat)
downward toward surface
Asteroids and comets hit the Earth at speeds over 10 miles per second. (T/F) correct answers
True
Airburst meteors are the result of paired asteroids colliding as they hit the Earth's atmosphere.
(T/F) correct answers False
Which tornado category is most common correct answers F1
How are microbursts created? correct answers Cold air falling from cloud tops
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