Introduction Geology Oceanography

NOAA will not engage in this study because it is a myth or pseudoscience.

the same principles may be applied predicted scenarios of the open waters of the Arctic.

should not be applied to oceanography because the Great Lakes represent only fresh water.

meteorology is the only application within the Earth Sciences that would apply.

covers thousands of miles encompassing the continental coastal margins of North and South American, Eurasian, Indo-Australian, and Philippine plates with the Pacific plate being the central plate of the Ring.

represents all of the volcanoes and earthquake occurrences that ring the Atlantic Ocean.

is a line of "burning rocks" ejected from explosive volcanoes that form a circle as they are ejected from the volcano.

is only observed on the Hawaiian Island's volcanoes when they erupt at night and seem to form a ring of fire when viewed from space.

the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.

based on the lithosphere and the surrounding water at the Earth's surface only.

geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy.

all based on fundamentals of Environmental Science.

is similar to the peel of an orange.

very thin composed of rigid materials (rocks).

is generally characterized by continental plates and oceanic plates.

is comprised of many plates.

describes why tsunamis occur from time to time.

explains the fact of our changing climate directly related to volcanic activity adding greenhouse gases to the Earth’s atmosphere.

is the theory that helps scientist predict earthquakes.

is the theory that states that the Earth’s crust is divided into several plates that move.

geology

hydrosphere

oceanography

lithosphere

studying the bottom of the world’s oceans for possible new discoveries.

examining the chemical and physical properties of atmosphere.

none of these.

monitoring the life forms that live in the Great Lakes.

extends into space to the orbit of the moon.

protects the Earth from harmful radiation from space.

contains only oxygen that all animals breathe.

contains many gases (mainly water vapor) and smaller amounts of oxygen and nitrogen.

in forests only especially rainforests.

in oceans only.

and commonly extends 1000 feet underground.

and is limited to within a few meters of the Earth’s surface.

it is impossible to study any of these systems because they are so complicated that scientists are continually examining the mechanics and processes that makeup these individual systems.

none of these

it is clear that each system is independent and remains unchanged.

scientists have classified four main ones that are interconnected and changes in one affects one or more other systems.

the water in world’s oceans since it covers 75% of the Earth's surface.

the world’s lakes, glaciers, and ice sheets only.

only rain, snow, and other precipitation that falls to the Earth’s surface.

all water on the Earth’s surface (liquid, ice, and water vapor) and extending to the clouds in the sky.