When glaciers melt, sea level increases.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A. True
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At a certain depth, the spaces in soil and rock are completely filled with water. What is this called?
A. the zone of saturation B. watershed C. runoff D. surface water E. the bedrock
Atmospheric temperatures are influenced by all of the following greenhouse gases EXCEPT
A. water vapor. B. nitrogen. C. methane. D. nitrous oxides.
Of Earth's total number of species, why are the fewest in the marine pelagic realm?
a) There is more area on land for different species. b) Uniform conditions in the pelagic realm make fewer specialized environments for organism adaptation, evolution and radiation into different species. c) Organisms need a hard substrate (either land or sea bottom) in order to evolve into different species. d) Evolution of differing species is triggered by extinction, but extinction is rare in the pelagic environment. e) The pelagic realm contains the photic zone, and solar radiation in the photic zone suppresses the number of new species that evolve.
Earth satellites in an elliptical orbit have greatest speeds when
A. farthest from the Earth. B. nearest the Earth. C. neither of these D. can't say