Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Deserts

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Question #1
What is the driest place on Earth?
A.   Sahara Desert, North Africa
B.   Death Valley, California
C.   Atacama Desert, Chile
D.   Great Sandy Desert, Australia
Question #2
How much does it rain here on average per year?
A.   A little less than 1 millimeter per year
B.   2-3 meters per year
C.   It has never rained here
D.   A little less than 1 meter per year
E.   A little less than 1 centimeter per year
Question #3
What is the significance of the gypsum bed of boulders?
A.   It shows that magma has upwelled here in the recent past
B.   It shows that the land is subsiding
C.   It shows there hasn’t been any heavy rain since it formed
D.   It shows the presence of an ancient ocean
Question #4
What provides the age of the gypsum beds?
A.   Greenschist
B.   Thermo luminescence
C.   Radiometric decay rates
D.   Fossils
Question #5
What is the age of the Atacama Desert?
A.   1 million years
B.   242-250 million years
C.   15 million years
D.   50 million years
E.   225 million years
F.   150 million years
Question #6
How old are the extinct coastal zone volcanoes?
A.   50 million years
B.   195 million years
C.   19 million years
D.   405 million years
E.   225 million years
Question #7
When did the Andes first form?
A.   5 million years ago
B.   50 million years ago
C.   316 million years ago
D.   350 million years ago
E.   10 million years ago
F.   150 million years ago
Question #8
How does the copper deposits relate back to the Atacama Desert?
A.   Because of the lack of rain fall, there is no way means to rust or erode the copper.
B.   Copper accumulates as a salt deposit in hot dry locations.
C.   It actually does not relate it is just a coincidence
D.   The Atacama formed from a massive volcanic eruption and the volcano left the copper in its wake.
Question #9
What is the temperature difference between Atacama and Death Valley?
A.   10 degrees
B.   30 degrees
C.   35 degrees
D.   20 degrees
E.   15 degrees
F.   40 degrees
Question #10
How does the Humboldt Current make the Atacama Desert so dry?
A.   The current comes from the equator, bringing cold water that creates a cold fog, then hot air moves above it, and this prevents air flow making it near impossible to rain in Atacama Desert.
B.   The current blocks any storms from moving in off the ocean into the landmass.
C.   It brings cold water from Antarctica that creates a cold fog, then hot air moves above it, and this prevents air flow making it near impossible to rain in Atacama Desert.
D.   The current comes from Antarctica, bringing warm water that dries out preventing rain
Question #11
What happens in the Mojave Desert when it rains?
A.   Nothing there is so little rain to begin with
B.   The sudden impact causes earthquakes
C.   Flash floods
D.   It is so hot all the water evaporates before it hits the ground
E.   Volcanic eruption
Question #12
How does Evenstar determine the age of the rocks in the Atacama Desert?
A.   Radiometric Carbon 14
B.   How much Helium 3 is inside pyroxenes
C.   How much Argon and Neon is present in the granites
D.   How much Potassium 40 is inside orthoclase feldspar
Question #13
How long have the oldest boulders been at their current position?
A.   117 million years
B.   3,000 years
C.   167 million years
D.   23 million years
E.   2 million years
F.   57 million years
Question #14
What is the same age as these boulders?
A.   The Philippines
B.   The Andes Mountains
C.   The Humboldt Current
D.   The California Current
E.   The Torval Mountains
Question #15
The rain shadow effect relates back to?
A.   Mountains
B.   Lakes
C.   Oceans
D.   Rivers
Question #16
How old is the grass in the nest?
A.   19 million years old
B.   100 years old
C.   over 11,000 years old
D.   over 119,000 years old
E.   over 16,000 years old
Question #17
What did NASA scientists find in 2005?
A.   A meteorite impact
B.   An unknown species of kangaroo rat
C.   A source of uranium
D.   A green micro-organisms living in a rock
Question #18
What is the only source of water?
A.   Waste from airplanes
B.   Animal urine
C.   Salt
D.   Cold night time temperatures
Question #19
What can salt due to this water source?
A.   It blocks water from entering the desert
B.   It limits the flow of surface water
C.   It extracts water vapor from the atmosphere and sucks it into the rock

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