Oceanography (S) Exam Review

Which of the following best explains how humans significantly impact the carbon cycle?

• By increasing plant photosynthesis

• By reducing volcanic activity

• By moving carbon from underground to the atmosphere

• By decreasing ocean temperatures

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What is the primary function of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere?

• To create acid rain

• To trap heat that would otherwise escape into space

• To reflect sunlight back into space

• To create clouds and precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the primary reason the albedo effect is crucial for Earth's climate regulation?

• It controls wind patterns in polar regions

• It reflects incoming solar radiation back to space

• It increases atmospheric pressure

• It regulates ocean currents

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When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it forms:

• Sulfuric acid

• Nitric acid

• Hydrochloric acid

• Carbonic acid

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The thawing of permafrost creates what type of feedback loop?

• Negative

• Neutral

• Positive

• Variable

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Which body has the greater effect on Earth's tides?

• Sun

• Saturn

• Moon

• Venus

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Organism's role, or job, in its habitat (what it eats, what eats it, when and how it reproduces)

• Niche

• Habitat

• Community

• Population

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Which of the following will increase ocean salinity:

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Icebergs melting

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Who is credited with proposing the hypothesis of Continental Drift?

• Harry Hess

• Galileo Galilei

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

What do geologists notice about the rocks along the seafloor?

• They get older as they get farther away from mid ocean ridges

• They get thicker closer to continents

• Density is impossible to measure

• Youngest parts of the crust are along the continents

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