Could a warming trend in Colorado be caused by currents from the Pacific Ocean?
A) No; Colorado is too far away from the ocean.
B) Yes; air currents can move over the mountains.
C) No; ocean currents have a cooling effect.
D) No; the warming effect of the sun overrides the effect of ocean currents on local Colorado weather.
Question 2
Which option correctly matches the scientists with what they study?
A) geochemists: determine the age of Earth materials; petrologists: study petroleum; mineralogists: study minerals
B) geomorphologists: study the origin of landscapes; paleontologists: study fossilized organisms; geophysicists: study the physical properties of rock
C) stratigraphers: study ocean currents; mineralogists: study minerals; petrologists: study processes that form rock
D) hydrogeologist: study ground water; environmental geologists: study the growth of vegetation; geomorphologists: study the shapes of fossil species
The Great Ocean Conveyor
The path of the conveyor is complex and affected by deep ocean topography
Botulism A rare but serious paralytic illness caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum
Opener Pigment mutations within an ear of corn, caused by transposition of the Ds element