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List of Quiz Questions Fall 2023 Questions Only 8/24/2023-quiz 1 Q1: What is the most abundant element in the universe? Q2: What is the most abundant element on our planet? Q3: Why are the most abundant elements in the universe and on our planet not the same? 8/29/2023-quiz 2 Q1: Give three lines of evidence to prove that continents have moved in the past. Q2: What are the three types of plate boundaries? 8/31/2023-quiz 3 During a research cruise in coastal Louisiana, you participated and collected three water samples from the mouth of Mississippi river ( sample A ), 10 km offshore in the Mississippi river plume ( Sample B ) and 150 km offshore in deep Gulf of Mexico ( Sample C ). Available data is shown in the table. (1) Based on a two-endmember mixing model can you estimate what fraction of the lead (Pb) in your Sample B is contributed by the river? (2) What should the concentration of Pb in sample B be? Sample ID Salinity Pb conc. (mg/L) A 2 5 B 12 ? C 35 0.1 9/5/2023-quiz 4 Q1: List two chemical classes of minerals Q2: Two most abundant elements in the Lithosphere 9/7/2023-quiz 5 What is the difference between rock and mineral? What are the three major types of rock? What is the difference between congruent and incongruent weathering?
9/12/2023-quiz 6 Name the five spheres of the atmosphere. List 3 factors that control our climate. 9/14/2023-quiz 7 Explain why Wien’s displacement law is important for the greenhouse effect on our planet. What are the three properties of any atmospheric gas that makes it a potent greenhouse gas? 9/19/2023 – quiz 8 What is the difference between C3 and C4 plants? Give an example of each kind of plant. How will C3 and C4 plants respond differently to future CO2 increase? 9/21/2023 – quiz 9 What are the differences between GPP, NPP, NEP? What is NDVI and why is it important? 10/3/2023 – quiz 10 What are the four types of estuaries? What kind of estuary is Barataria Bay? 10/10/2023 – quiz 11 Why did Mississippi River delta switch course/lobe over geological time? Which are the active lobes of the Mississippi River delta now? Name at least three factors that contribute to the hypoxia aka Dead Zone in Louisiana shelf. 10/12/2023 -quiz 12 Why can’t we produce seawater by evaporating river water? Using the hypothetical data provided below, calculate the residence time of Ca in a lake: Volume of water in the lake = 1000 liters Concentration of Ca in lake = 0.1 mg/L Surface runoff rate of water into the lake is 800 liters/year Concentration of Ca in runoff water = 0.5 mg/L 10/17/2023 – quiz 13 Ventilation rate and residence time: What happens to the residence time if the room is smaller? What happens to the residence time if the final CO2 concentration is higher?
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