X64 The Coriolis Effect: A. Causes air and water currents B. Results in cooler air higher in the atmosphere C. Causes air and water currents to turn D. Causes adiabatic heating Show transcribed image text X64 The Coriolis Effect: A. Causes air and water currents B. Results in cooler air higher in the atmosphere C. Causes air and water currents to turn D. Causes adiabatic heating
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All the contributors to the generation of oxygen to the atmosphere reside in the _____________ zone of the ocean.
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D. euphotic What is a typical feature of rooted or floating aquatic plants?
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How does the body monitor its core temperature?
A. | Nerve cells in the skin feed the information to the hypothalamus. | |
B. | The pituitary gland in the brain tracks the temperature of the blood. | |
C. | Nerve cells monitor the temperature of the hypothalamus. | |
D. | Core blood temperature alters the speed of the chemical reactions in the pituitary gland. | |
E. | Core blood temperature alters the speed of nerve cells in the hypothalamus. |
How does ADH work and what does it do?
A. | It binds to the collecting tubules in the kidney, opening pores to allow water to flow back out of the kidney into the blood. | |
B. | It binds to blood cells, making them more porous to water so it more easily diffuses back into them and is not lost in urine filtration. | |
C. | It binds to water molecules, making them too large to diffuse out of the blood stream, retaining water when the body needs it. | |
D. | It binds to nerve cells in hypothalamus, signaling that the body is dehydrated and should retain water. | |
E. | It binds to the kidney tubules, making them less porous to water so less water filters out. |
How does a fan help cool you off?
A. | Moving air is sort of the opposite of insulation. | |
B. | Conduction of heat away from the body increases. | |
C. | The moving air decreases evaporation of sweat. | |
D. | The moving air increases convection of heat to a cooler environment. | |
E. | The moving air minimizes radiative heat gain. |