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BIO 130M Introduction to Environmental Science Final Exam Review Questions and Answers
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BIO 130M Introduction to Environmental Science
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BIO 130Unit 9 Quiz
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Question 1
pts
Which early scientist studied how the atmosphere, and specific gases in the
atmosphere absorb heat. He concluded that "Without water vapor, the Earth's
surface would be held fast in the iron grip of frost."
Correct!
John Tyndall
Louis Agassiz
Svente Arrhenius
Jean de Charpentier
Question 2
pts
Who was the non-scientist whose observations led to a new field of science called
paleoclimatology?
Milutin Milankovitch
Correct!
Jean-Pierra Parraudin
Svente Arrhenius
Charles Keeling
Question 3
pts
Who refuted the argument that the oceans could absorb excess CO 2 to limit
atmospheric warming with his study in 1957 that demonstrated that the ocean's
buffer system could only take in so much CO2 relative to atmospheric levels.
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, Correct!
Hans Suess & Roger Revelle
Svente Arrhenius
Charles Keeling
Jean-Pierre Parraudin & Ignace Venetz
Question 4
pts
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier is credited for concluding _________________.
that there was a rapid increase in temperatures since industrialization by publishing
the famous hockey stick graph
Correct!
that “Greenhouse” gasses trap solar heat that has been absorbed and is radiated
from Earth’s surface
that ice ages were caused by a decrease in atmospheric CO2
there had been an “Ice Age” during which glaciers extended from North Pole into
North America & Europe
Question 5
pts
Which early scientist first proposed that an Ice Age in the past during which glaciers
extended from the North Pole into North America and Europe, and was not given a
"warm" reception at the scientific meeting at which his theory was proposed?
Roger Revelle
Correct!
Louis Agassiz
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