Briefly describe the energy budget and 3 factors that affect it
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The energy budget is the balancing of incoming and outgoing energy to the earth. It can be affected by albedo, which reflects energy away from the surface (cooling), the amount of energy from the sun, which when increased causes warming, and the amount of energy trapped by the atmosphere near the surface caused by increased amount of greenhouse gases (warming).
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A) larger B) smaller C) equal D) unable to affect tides
Which of the following strategies for dealing with e-wastes fits best with at least one of the three principles of sustainability?
A. Help children learn to earn money by scavenging for scrap metal. B. Ship e-wastes to developing countries. C. Burn e-wastes periodically. D. Dispose of e-wastes in landfills. E. Give used electronics back to manufacturer for remanufacturing, repair, or recycling.
Which of the following terms describes organisms living buried in the sand, shells, or mud?
A) Benthonektos B) Epifauna C) Infauna D) Nektobenthos E) Planktofauna
What is NOT true about faulting?
A. The rock structure is broken. B. One side of the rock structure is forcibly displaced. C. Breaks only occur at the surface. D. Fault block shifts are vertical, horizontal, or both. E. It takes place where crust is weak.