How Could Changes In Earth'S Tilt Influence Global Climate

Question: What happens to different isotopes of oxygen in this figure?

Answer: evaporation concentrates lighter isotopes in resulting water vapor

Question: How could changes in Earth’s tilt influence global climate?

Answer: A minimum angle of tilt cause high lat. to receive less sunlight during the summer, causing an increase in glaciers.

Question: Which site will most likely experience rapid erosion in the following figure?

Answer: 2, sediments in a delta

Question: Which of the following factors affect the appearance of a shoreline from the water side?

Answer: All of these affect the appearance

Question: The orientation of a coastline affects the appearance of a shoreline primarily because it influences

Answer: The erosive effects of waves

Question: How can climate influence the processes along coastal landscapes?

Answer: All of these

Question: With the Moon in the position shown on the figure below, which area will experience high tide?

Answer: 2 and 4

Question: With the Sun and Moon in this position, what does the side of the earth facing the moon experience?

Answer: a neap tide

Question: What causes high and low tides?

Answer: water is pulled by the gravity of the moon

Question: There are two high tides and two low tides in each 25-hour period because:

Answer: Earth completes a full rotation every 24 hours but the Moon moves too