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
Pacific hagfish resting on the ocean bottom, at 280 m depth off the Oregon coast.
Pacific Black Duck at Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia
Cerebral aneurysm. A cerebral aneurysm is the abnormal dilation of arteries supplying the brain, whi
Ocean Energy
Pacific Decadal Oscillation: PDO index