Earth Science Review

What are the two factors that drive the water cycle?

• sun and wind

• wind and gravity

• sun and gravity

• ocean currents and wind

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This effect helps keep temperatures stable on the Earth, by reradiating energy from infrared waves

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What are factors that cause the amount of greenhouse gases to increase?

• human fossil fuel use

• forest fires

• ocean currents

• volcanoes

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Surface currents on the ocean move water around the planet and are created by

• global winds

• differences in temperature

• differences in salinity

• water movement

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Subsurface currents move water up from the depths of the ocean and are created by

• global winds

• differences in temperature

• differences in salinity

• water movement

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How does the increase in humans on the Earth impact the planet

• more fossil fuel use

• more resources used

• more health research

• more oxygen available

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A warm ocean surface current will impact the climate of the land how?

• cool off the land nearby

• increase the precipitation of the land nearby

• decrease the precipitation of the land nearby

• warm up the land nearby

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