EOSC 114 Quiz: EOSC 114 Module 1 - Fragile Systems Quiz.docx
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The most abundant element in the earth"s atmosphere is. Student response: oxygen, silicon, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen. Of the water on earth, most is found in __________. Answer: the oceans, rivers and lakes, the atmosphere, glaciers and ice caps, the ground. If two hurricanes hit nova scotia in 40 years of recordkeeping, the average return period for hurricanes in. Student response: 2, 20, 40, 80, 160. Matter able to temporarily change its shape and to return to its original shape when the force is released is ________. Answer: human population, volcanoes and landslides, the atmosphere and oceans, the earth"s continents, transportation and utilities. If a meteor strikes the ocean at the equator and causes sea water to boil, this is an example of ______. Student response: the bermuda high, the continuity effect, the coriolis effect, newton"s law, energy conservation. The count of all protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom is called the ________.
