Branches of Earth Science - questions
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| What evidence tells geologist Robert Fronk that sea level was once much lower than it is now? | He found underwater caves containing stalagmites and stalactites. These develop from minerals in water that drips in air-filled caves. That means that underwater caves that contain these formations were once above sea leavel.
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| What technology do oceanographers use today to explore the ocean floor? | miniature research submarines that can go practically anywhere in the ocean
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| What are black smokers? | Rock chimneys on the ocean floor that spew black clouds of minerals
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| How do hydrothermal vents support the biological community around them? | by releasing minerals and very hot water from beneath the Earth's surface through a crack in the ocean floor
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| Why did fewer people die during Hurrican Andrew than during the similar storm that hit Florida in 1928? | hurricane tracking and weather forecasting
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| Why do meteorologists like Howard Bluestein chase tornadoes? | To collect data in order to better understand tornadoes
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| What are some of the things astronomers study? | stars, asteroids, planets, and everything else in space
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| What is are 2 types of instruments that astronomers use? | optical telescopes and radio telescopes
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| Astronomers can learn about bodies in space by studying the patterns from ________. | radio waves in space
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| What star is closest to the Earth? | the sun
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| What is one task of an environmental scientist? | to determine how humans affect the environment
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| On what other areas of science does environmental science rely? | geology, life science, chemistry, and physics
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| In what other fields migh an ecologist work? | wildlife management, agriculture, forestry, and conservation
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| What thing do geochemists try to determine? | the economic value of rocks, minerals, and soil they are studying; what the environment was like when rocks they are studying were first formed
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| What types of technology are used to make maps of the Earth's features? | aerial and satellite photos, and computer mapping systems
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