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