Author Question: The study of how the ocean, atmosphere, and land have interacted in the past to produce changes in ... (Read 58 times)

storky111 · **on:** Aug 22, 2018

The study of how the ocean, atmosphere, and land have interacted in the past to produce changes in ocean chemistry, circulation, biology, and climate is called ________.

A) biogeochemistry
B) climatology
C) historical oceanography
D) paleoceanography
E) plate tectonics

Question 2

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The rate of sea floor spreading appears to be greatest in the Pacific Ocean BECAUSE the radiometric age bands in the Pacific Ocean are narrower than those found in the Atlantic and

Indian Oceans. A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.