The dominant control in global sea surface temperature is
A) upwelling and thermocline zones.
B) rising air along the equator.
C) descending air in the subtropics.
D) the supply of solar insolation.
D) the supply of solar insolation.
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The mineralogical composition of sedimentary rocks is an indicator of the depositional environment
a. True b. False
Identify the physical mineral property described. "This property depends on the smoothness of the mineral surface at the atomic scale, or how mobile electrons are within the crystal."
A) cleavage B) luster C) streak D) color
How does the Milankovitch theory explain intermediate-term climatic events like the Pleistocene
glaciation? According to Milankovitch, variations in what three parameters of Earth's orbit were responsible for the onset of Pleistocene glaciation? What will be an ideal response?
What explanations have been proposed for the mass extinction at the K-T boundary? Why is a meteorite the favored theory today?
What will be an ideal response?