Sci 225 exam 2 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SCI 225 Exam 2 Study GuideAbsolute dating (radioisotopes) - correct answer putting a date on the age of fossils. Explain how the Milankovitch cycles influence climate - correct answer Eccentricity (shape of Earth's orbit) Circle orbit=ice age oval orbit= interglacial Obliquity (the magnitude of the tilt) low tilt= ice age high tilt=interglacial Precession (direction of tilt/wobble) When all three parameters are at their extremes we get ice ages. Describe geologic features in Mic...

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 that took a voyage to study...

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SCI 225 - EXAM 3 REVIEWWhat life cycle events are common to all? Life cycles involving sexual reproduction have ____________? (4 stages) - correct answer 1) Gametes and fertilization 2) Growth and development 3) Immature stage(s): incapable of reproducing 4) Adult stage(s): capable of reproducing *This is a reoccurring cycle* Phenology - correct answer The study of the timing of life cycle events *This can be distinguished between phylogeny because: Pheno(mena) + logy ---> ...

SCI 225 EXAM 2024 (Updated) Questions with Complete Solutions

SCI 225 - Exam 2: Study GuideMilankovitch - correct answer related orbital cycles to ice ages charting the ice ages of the Pleistocene - correct answer method by which Milankovitch developed model of Earth's movement and climate change Milankovitch cycles - correct answer eccentricity, obliquity, precession heat, cold - correct answer in relation to eccentricity, _ causes change, not _ Perihelion - correct answer the moment when the Earth is the closest to the sun in its orbit Ap...

SCI 225 - EXAM 1 REVIEWNature of science - correct answer Describes the things that scientific knowledge is based on and how it's developed What are the nine, core NOS ideas? - correct answer 1) Science demands and relies on empirical evidence 2) Knowledge production in science includes many common features and shared habits of mind. However, there is no single step-by-step method by which all science is done 3) Scientific knowledge is tentative but durable (science can not prove anything,...