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ESS exam 4 questions & answers 2024/2025
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ESS exam 4 questions & answers 2024/2025 
 
 
During evaporation, water that contains 16O will evaporate: 
A.more quickly than water containing 18O 
B. less quickly than water containing 18O 
C.at the same rate as water containing 18O - ANSWERSA. more quickly than water containing 18O 
 
What would happen to the d18O of the oceans due to the growth of land ice? 
A.d18O of ocean water would become more negative (gain more 16O relative to 18O) 
 B.There is no change 
C.d18O of ocean water wou...
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Water Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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In what location does El Niño occur? 
-Tropical Pacific Ocean 
-Northern Atlantic Ocean 
-Northern Pacific Ocean 
-Tropical Atlantic Ocean - ANSWER-Tropical Pacific Ocean 
 
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At what locations is water sinking? 
I. 1 
II. 2 
III. 4 
-II only 
-III only 
-I only 
-I, II, and III - ANSWER-II only 
 
Which of the following is true about El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)? 
I. It suppresses upwelling off the coast of South America. 
II. It contributes to global clima...
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Edexcel A Level Geography Carbon Cycle And Energy Security Exam And Answers Already Passed 2024
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(carbon) Flux - Answer Transfer of carbon from one 'pool' to another 
 
(carbon) store - Answer An accumulation of carbon 
 
Biosphere - Answer The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms 
 
Photosynthesis - Answer The process by which carbon atoms in the atmosphere move into trees and plants, plants use sunlight to synthesise nutrients from CO2 and water 
 
Respiration - Answer A process in living organisms involving intake of oxygen and relea...
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APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use fully solved 2023/2024
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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...
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LIFE 320 Final Exam - Questions and Answers
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LIFE 320 Final Exam - Questions and Answers Relationships between populations in an ecosystem are often represented using models that show whether a population has a positive or negative effect on the size of another population, and whether this effect is direct or indirect. Common symbols used for these types of interactions are shown below. This type of relationship modeling can be done for kelp forests, which are marine ecosystems found primarily along rocky shorelines of the North Pacific ...
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Samenvatting Global Change VUB
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Dit document omvat een samenvatting van het vak Global Change, gegeven door prof. Philippe Huybrechts aan de VUB. Dit document bevat alle lectures, en is volledig uitgewerkt met behulp van lesnotities en de slides. 
 
Dit document is bevat lecture 1 (climate change, the physical science basis), lecture 2 (the thermohaline circulation), lecture 3 (the climate solution in less than 75 minutes), lecture 4 (land-atmosphere interactions in a changing climate), lecture 5 (mangroves in the anthropocen...
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GEO 401 Test #3 exam 2023 with 100% correct answers
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Climate - correct answer -Average weather patterns in a particular area over the course of a year 
 
Greenhouse gases - correct answer -Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and ozone in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect. 
 
Greenhouse effect - correct answer -1. Earth absorbs sunlight's energy. 2. The Earth also emits energy (helping it to cool down) 3. When this balance (radiative balance) is thrown out of whack by gases such as methane, t...
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AICE Marine Science 2.3 Vocab
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AICE Marine Science 2.3 Vocab 
tide the periodic rise and fall of the surface of the ocean resulting from the gravitational pull of the 
Moon and Sun 
semi-diurnal occurring twice daily 
diurnal occurring daily 
tidal range the difference in height between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark over the course 
of a day; also called the tidal amplitude 
tidal surge the coastal flooding of of an abnormally high seawater level associated with low pressure 
weather systems; also called a ...
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AP Environmental Science Unit 4 2024 Correct Questions & Answers(RATED A+)
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Watershed - ANSWER An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water 
 
Troposphere - ANSWER The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere 
 
Stratosphere - ANSWER The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. 
 
Albedo - ANSWER Ability of a surface to reflect light 
 
saturation point - ANSWER The maximum amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature. 
 
adiabatic cooling - ANSWER the cooling effect of reduced pressure on air as it rises higher in the atmosphere and e...
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Marine Biology Revision Questions with Certified Solutions
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Marine Biology Revision Questions with Certified Solutions Aquatic Ecosystems An ecosystem that is associated with water 
Euphotic The surface level of the ocean 
Disphotic a zone of the ocean where light penetration is too low for photosynthesis, but vision is still possible for some species 
Aphotic The ocean level where light cannot be reached 
Nekton Aquatic animals that are able to swim freely 
Benthos The sea bed 
Water Cycle The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and th...
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