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Colonial aspirations. correct answers Although the age of exploration ended in the early 17th century, what factor continued to drive exploration? Antarctica and Australia correct answers By the late 1700s there were a number of major European trade routes. Which continents did not have a trade route to Europe? Capt. James Cook correct answers Who commanded the first quasi-scientific ocean expedition? Their Captain insisted on cleanliness, ventilation, and a diet that included vitamin C...

SCI 225 - Final ExamLouis Agassiz - correct answer european alps glacier hypothesis (striation) HMS Challenger - correct answer The first major oceanographic expedition - fossils different in cold and warm areas Milutin Milankovitch - correct answer change in orbital parameters forces climate change related orbital cycles to ice ages frank libby - correct answer Carbon dating can be used to determine how old substances are Cesare Emiliani - correct answer Used sediment cores to esti...

Science 225 exam 2How do we know climate of the last? - correct answer Ice cores and sedimentary rocks Louis Agassiz - correct answer 1830s-European Alps glaciation hypothesis Glacial erratic - correct answer Boulders of rocks out of place Glacial striations - correct answer Grooves in rocks moving in same direction HMS challenger - correct answer : fossils different in cold and warm areas Milankovitch - correct answer s: change in orbital parameters forces climate change hypothes...

The Science of Marine Biology Chapter 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Marine Biology The scientific study of organisms that live in the sea; more centered around the shore and shallow seas Oceanography The scientific study of currents and everything else that isn't Marine Biology; larger scale; open focus and perspective life origins, covers the earth, abundant Why we research the ocean Egyptian Old civilization that discovered a poisonous fish Phoenecians First western navigators in 2,00...

SCI 225 Exam 2 How do we know what climate was like in the past? - correct answer Rocks: hundreds of millions Ice cores: hundreds of thousands Louis Aggassiz - correct answer hypothesized that glaciers were carrying rocks down, evidence gathered from people, and glaciers advance HMS Challenger - correct answer ocean dredging, fossils are found in cold and warm areas of the ocean Theory of Glaciation - correct answer Louis Aggasiz found glacial erratics and glacial striations in the E...

OCE 2001 Final Review UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Which current circumnavigates the entire planet? - CORRECT ANSWER- Antarctic Circumpolar Current Why do maps show distortion? - CORRECT ANSWER- because it is impossible to portray the curved surface of Earth on a flat map without distortion Briefly describe the voyage of the HMS Challenger. - CORRECT ANSWER- recorded meticulous scientific observation

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...

Test 2 SCI 225Who is Louis Agassiz? - correct answer came up with glacial erratic; where glaciers deposited rocks differently (1830) Who is Frank Libby? - correct answer came up with half-life which discovered dated wood in glacial material What is HMS challenger? - correct answer SIX scientists who when on a 4-YEAR expedition and discovered 4,700 new species of animals and plants. the found FOSSILS in the wrong climate Who is Cesare Emiliani? - correct answer observed changes in ocean ...

Test 2 SCI 225Who is Louis Agassiz? - correct answer came up with glacial erratic; where glaciers deposited rocks differently (1830) Who is Frank Libby? - correct answer came up with half-life which discovered dated wood in glacial material What is HMS challenger? - correct answer SIX scientists who when on a 4-YEAR expedition and discovered 4,700 new species of animals and plants. the found FOSSILS in the wrong climate Who is Cesare Emiliani? - correct answer observed changes in ocean ...

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...