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Quiz 8 - Sarah Miller
Our Solar System (ESCI 420)
University of New Hampshire
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The Coriolis effect is applicable to movement on any rotating planetary body. Follow this link (Links to an external site.) to a browser-based simple interactive simulation that will help you develop a sense of how planetary motions cause apparent path deflections of an object moving between points at different latitudes. If you can't view the link for whatever reason, answer using the following image and assume the planet is spinning with the same sense of motion as Earth:
Consider a bird flying directly south from the North Pole here. Due to the Coriolis effect, where does it end up? Group of answer choices Over the equatorial ocean, to the far right in this image. At Paralellatopia. At the Tropics of Rhombus.
Which is not necessary for establishing and sustaining a planetary magnetic field? Group of answer choices plate tectonics core convection/rotation freely moving elections in molten material
What is the approximate average residence time of a water molecule in Earth's atmosphere? Group of answer choices 20 years 2 weeks 200 years 2 hours
Traveling straight up from the surface of the Earth, the temperature in the atmosphere is found Group of answer choices to steadily increase with altitude all the way to space. to decrease or increase with altitude depending on the layer of the atmosphere. to fluctuate randomly with changing weather patterns. to steadily decrease with altitude all the way to space.
Which of the following would contribute to a rise in the surface temperature of Earth if you increased it? Group of answer choices Cloud cover in the troposphere All of the above Humidity in the troposphere Ozone in the stratosphere Dissolved carbon dioxide in the ocean
Which of the following is an example of inorganic (not organic) methane production? Group of answer choices decay of plant material in wetlands microbial metabolism volcanic reaction of carbonate rock with liquid water anaerobic methogens in ruminant intestines
Which of the following is found in Earth's atmosphere in highest abundance? Group of answer choices Oxygen Water Argon Nitrogen Carbon dioxide
Quiz 8 - Sarah Miller
Course: Our Solar System (ESCI 420)
University: University of New Hampshire
