Explain why salinity varies amongst the ocean regions of Earth

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Answer: It is a matter of the combination of precipitation and freshwater stream outflow adding fresh water and the amount of salt left behind by evaporation. This varies by climate and shoreline configuration.

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Where in a hurricane is the atmospheric pressure lowest, and approximately what is that pressure?

a. lowest in the zone of high winds, just outside the eye; about 950 millibars b. lowest just outside the eye wall; about 920 millibars c. lowest in the eye; about 960-970 millibars d. lowest in the eye; about 1200-1300 millibars e. lowest in the zone of high winds, midway between the eye and its outer fringes; about 900-910 millibars

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Scientists investigating a drug to cure a disease in birds conduct experiments. In these experiments, what would be the control group?

A) Birds that receive the drug being tested B) Birds that receive another drug not being tested C) Rats that receive the drug being tested D) Birds that do not receive the drug being tested

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During times of high productivity which plankton are notable for making the surface water appear milky or chalky?

a. coccolithophores b. dinoflagellates c. zooplankton d. cyanobacteria e. diatoms

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Compare and contrast the purposes of Landsat and commercial high-resolution satellites

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