List the sources of oil into the ocean. What will be an ideal response?
Natural seeps are the largest source of oil in the ocean. The amount of oil entering the sea has
increased in recent years, however, because of our growing dependence on oil products.
Marine transportation, offshore drilling, nearshore refining, street runoff carrying waste oil
from automobiles, air pollutants, and farm runoff account for the sources of oil pollution
entering the world ocean.
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A population of similar individuals that in nature interbreed and produce fertile offspring:a
genus d. class b. species e. order c. kingdom
Most recently, the official development assistance of the United States government
A) is about the same as contributions from all private organizations in the United States. B) as a percentage of GNI, is about the same as the country of Norway. C) was only 0.2% of GNI. D) has declined to levels below those a decade or more ago.
What are the names of the four spheres that: 1. includes all life on Earth, 2. extends form the surface of the Earth to its center, 3. is comprised to all water and ice on the Earth, and 4. is a gaseous envelope that surrounds the Earth?
a. 1. biosphere, 2. geosphere, 3. hydrosphere, 4. atmosphere b. 1. hydrosphere, 2. geosphere, 3. biosphere, 4. atmosphere c. 1. atmosphere, 2. geosphere, 3. hydrosphere, 4. biosphere d. 1. geosphere, 2. biosphere, 3. atmosphere, 4. hydrosphere e. 1. biosphere, 2. atmosphere, 3. hydrosphere, 4. geosphere
Which of the following will be accompanied by a decrease in elevation?
A. moving from oceanic crust to continental crust B. increasing the thickness of the lithosphere C. gaining crustal material, such as by deposition D. compressing the crust from the sides