Chapter 2 Homework: Environmental Science

Which of the following is the most logical explanation for water being a greenhouse gas?

The hydrogen bonds holding molecules of water vapor together help it trap heat.

Several times a year volcanoes erupt along the Aleutian Island chain in southern Alaska. What geologic feature is responsible for these hazardous events?

convergent plate boundary

Australia is composed of relatively old and thick

continental crust

Which of the following reactions represents cellular respiration?

glucose + oxygen → water + carbon dioxide + energy

Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park in the United States acquires its energy from a

hot spot

The slowly increasing distance between South America and Africa is due to

seafloor spreading

Layered __________exposed by erosion can be seen when looking at the Grand Canyon in the United States.

sedimentary rock

The extremely deep ocean Marianas Trench is a result of

subduction

The earthquakes that occur in Southern California generally occur above a

fault

found in the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe is composed of dense and relatively young rock.

seafloor crust

________ is defined as the number of protons plus the number of neutrons.

Mass number