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
Manta ray in the open ocean
Pacific Silver Fir cone debris from feeding Douglas Squirrels, North Cascades National Park
North Pacific right whale
Net cooling of the poles and warming at the equator
Mapping the Ocean Floor
Ocean Conveyor Belt