In which of the following region would you expect to have the highest levels of seawater salinity?
A) Polar oceans B) Midlatitude oceans
C) Subtropical oceans D) Equatorial oceans
C
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Which of the following folklore forecasts is least accurate?
A) "Red sky at night, sailor's delight." B) halos and rain prediction C) Candlemas/Groundhog Day D) "When spiders' webs in the air do fly..." E) "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning."
Which of the following pieces of evidence supports the plate tectonic theory?
a. The polar wandering paths of Europe show that the magnetic north pole has migrated from near Hawaii to its current position over the Arctic Ocean. b. The stripe patterns of high- and low-intensity magnetism are the same on both sides of an oceanic ridge. c. The volcanic islands that make up the Hawaiian Island chain are all the same age. d. The seafloor is oldest at the ridge crest. e. Ocean-floor sediments are thickest at the ridge crest.
Geothermal energy generation ________
A) is not practical almost anywhere on Earth B) provides a tiny fraction of the United States' electrical energy C) is not associated with environmental hazards D) releases hydrogen sulfide gas E) is practical almost anywhere on Earth
A strong trough in a Rossby wave occurs when the jet stream
A. does not bend but maintains a west to east flow. B. bends toward the poles. C. does not bend but maintains an east to west flow. D. bends away from the poles.