The word "oceanography" was first coined in association with ____

A) ?Cook's third voyage
B) ?the Challenger expedition
C) ?the founding of the Library of Alexandria
D) ?Captain James Cook's first voyage


B

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a. true b. false

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Archaeologists uncover a fossil imprint of a palm frond in New Jersey. Through various tests and analyses, they see that the fossil is from about 200 million years ago — the Jurassic period

What can you conclude about the climate of this ancient environment, based on today's environments? (Principle of Uniformitarianism). What will be an ideal response?

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According to the IPCC, the warming of global climate "________."

A) hasn't started yet B) is almost over C) is actually quite minor D) will never be significant E) is unequivocal

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There have been several temperature highs and lows during the Holocene, including for example the Little Ice Age, the Medieval Warm Period, the Holocene Maximum, and the Younger Dryas.

a. true b. false

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