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13 Cards in this Set
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During the day along the coast the wind tends to blow toward the_______
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land because the land heats up more rapidly than the ocean.
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Oceans heat up and cool down more slowly than land
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cool surface water----cool air
warm surface water-----warm air |
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Wegner relied on the principle of ______ to understand the movement of the contents to their current position, a theory referred to as__________.
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uniformitarianism, continental drift
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The age of the seafloor crust is _______at midocean ridges than at continental margins because of ___________
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younger, seafloor spreading
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Plates are active at their boundaries. What boundary type is generally not associated with volcanism?
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continental- continental plate convergence
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Hawaii is located over a _________, a fixed plume of upwelling magma located in the __________
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hot spot, mantle
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Which of the following was not used as evidence of continental drift?
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the age of seafloor rocks
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Which of the following does not have pronounced temperature season?
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Tropical climates
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What are the variables most commonly used to define broad climate regions?
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temperature and precipitation
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This summers hotter than average temperatures are sufficient evidence to indicate that climate has changed
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FALSE
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Paleclimatologists use small microorganisms like diatoms and foraminifera to say something about past
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water chemistry
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Denton is classified as having what type of climate?
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Mesothermal
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Water has a higher specific heat than land
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True!
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