Thermohaline circulation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ESS exam 4 questions & answers 2024/2025 During evaporation, water that contains 16O will evaporate: A.more quickly than water containing 18O B. less quickly than water containing 18O C.at the same rate as water containing 18O - ANSWERSA. more quickly than water containing 18O What would happen to the d18O of the oceans due to the growth of land ice? A.d18O of ocean water would become more negative (gain more 16O relative to 18O) B.There is no change C.d18O of ocean water wou...

In what location does El Niño occur? -Tropical Pacific Ocean -Northern Atlantic Ocean -Northern Pacific Ocean -Tropical Atlantic Ocean - ANSWER-Tropical Pacific Ocean (Image on Quiz Water 121-124) At what locations is water sinking? I. 1 II. 2 III. 4 -II only -III only -I only -I, II, and III - ANSWER-II only Which of the following is true about El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)? I. It suppresses upwelling off the coast of South America. II. It contributes to global clima...

(carbon) Flux - Answer Transfer of carbon from one 'pool' to another (carbon) store - Answer An accumulation of carbon Biosphere - Answer The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms Photosynthesis - Answer The process by which carbon atoms in the atmosphere move into trees and plants, plants use sunlight to synthesise nutrients from CO2 and water Respiration - Answer A process in living organisms involving intake of oxygen and relea...

APES Unit 5: Climate and Land Use Layers of the Atmosphere - correct answer troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere. A further region at about 500 km above the Earth's surface is called the exosphere Troposphere - correct answer Closest layer to Earth Densest layer Weather occurs Stratosphere - correct answer Ozone layer: pale blue gas composed of molecules made up of three oxygen atoms (O3) Absorbs UV-B and UV-C radiation Climate varies in different parts of the Ear...

LIFE 320 Final Exam - Questions and Answers Relationships between populations in an ecosystem are often represented using models that show whether a population has a positive or negative effect on the size of another population, and whether this effect is direct or indirect. Common symbols used for these types of interactions are shown below. This type of relationship modeling can be done for kelp forests, which are marine ecosystems found primarily along rocky shorelines of the North Pacific ...

Dit document omvat een samenvatting van het vak Global Change, gegeven door prof. Philippe Huybrechts aan de VUB. Dit document bevat alle lectures, en is volledig uitgewerkt met behulp van lesnotities en de slides. Dit document is bevat lecture 1 (climate change, the physical science basis), lecture 2 (the thermohaline circulation), lecture 3 (the climate solution in less than 75 minutes), lecture 4 (land-atmosphere interactions in a changing climate), lecture 5 (mangroves in the anthropocen...

Climate - correct answer -Average weather patterns in a particular area over the course of a year Greenhouse gases - correct answer -Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and ozone in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect - correct answer -1. Earth absorbs sunlight's energy. 2. The Earth also emits energy (helping it to cool down) 3. When this balance (radiative balance) is thrown out of whack by gases such as methane, t...

AICE Marine Science 2.3 Vocab tide the periodic rise and fall of the surface of the ocean resulting from the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun semi-diurnal occurring twice daily diurnal occurring daily tidal range the difference in height between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark over the course of a day; also called the tidal amplitude tidal surge the coastal flooding of of an abnormally high seawater level associated with low pressure weather systems; also called a ...

Watershed - ANSWER An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water Troposphere - ANSWER The lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere Stratosphere - ANSWER The second-lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. Albedo - ANSWER Ability of a surface to reflect light saturation point - ANSWER The maximum amount of water vapor in the air at a given temperature. adiabatic cooling - ANSWER the cooling effect of reduced pressure on air as it rises higher in the atmosphere and e...

Marine Biology Revision Questions with Certified Solutions Aquatic Ecosystems An ecosystem that is associated with water Euphotic The surface level of the ocean Disphotic a zone of the ocean where light penetration is too low for photosynthesis, but vision is still possible for some species Aphotic The ocean level where light cannot be reached Nekton Aquatic animals that are able to swim freely Benthos The sea bed Water Cycle The continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and th...