Part A) The largest sink for water on the planet is: the atmosphere the ocean rivers and lakes polar ice caps

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Part A)

The largest sink for water on the planet is:

  1. the atmosphere
  2. the ocean
  3. rivers and lakes
  4. polar ice caps

    Part B) During ice ages, polar ice levels increase, and sea surface temperatures decrease. As the ice age continues, this scenario represents a ___ feedback loop and the earth will get ____. a. Negative, warmer

    1. Negative, cooler
    2. Positive cooler
    3. Positive warmer

    Part C) The contribution of Thomas Malthus to biology was that:

    1. he was the first person to observe black smokers under the ocean floor
    2. the first person to recognize the importance of population size and resource allocation
    3. the first person to measure and record CO2 levels from the atmosphere through time.

     





    Part D) During ice ages, polar ice levels increase, and sea surface temperatures decrease. As the ice age continues, this scenario represents a ___ feedback loop and the earth will get ____. a. Negative, warmer

    1. Negative, cooler
    2. Positive cooler
    3. Positive warmer
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