After the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling platform in 2010, Scientists estimate that about ________ of the oil evaporated or dissolved into scattered molecules
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 40%
D) 75%
E) 90%
B
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a. Phosphorous b. Calcium c. Nitrogen d. Potassium e. Carbon
Would you expect to find more dissolved oxygen in polar or tropical ocean waters? Why?
A. There would be more dissolved oxygen in the tropical oceans because intense tropical storms mix up the atmospheric oxygen into the ocean water. B. There would be more dissolved oxygen in the tropical oceans because the heated oxygen molecules in the air would collide with and mix into the water. C. There would be more dissolved oxygen in the polar oceans because the colder oxygen would "sink" and dissolve into the water. D. There would be more dissolved oxygen in the polar oceans because the solubility of oxygen in water decreases with increasing temperature.
In addition to sea level rise, oceans respond to increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by:
A) increasing salinity. B) contracting in volume. C) becoming more alkaline. D) becoming increasingly acidic.
Discuss the role of dropsondes in hurricane forecasting
What will be an ideal response?