Climate Change and Density Discussion   1. What is something that you learned from these videos? Have you noticed climate change already affecting your life? If so, in what ways? Or, how has climate change affected another area in more noticeable ways?   2. Temperature and salinity both affect the density of water. Hopefully you […]

1. Most H2O on Earth occurs in liquid form. What is the reason for this phenomenon?   a) Earth’s surface temperature of 16°C is exactly in the middle between the freezing and boiling point of water, making the liquid state the most likely one.   b) Salts in the ocean prevent any ice formation or […]

Race and ethnicity tend to overlap with nativity and religion.     True     False   Question 2In the United States, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among females.     True     False   Question 3The human biological clock phenomenon is linked to place variation in diseases.     […]

The adjacent shallow marine waters along a beach comprise which region?   nearshore   foreshore   backshore   berm   Question 2If a nearshore environment has little sediment available, what can you predict about its slope/gradient?   shallow slope   steep slope   Question 3Which nearshore profile would yield the best conditions for sandbar development? […]

 The highest tides in the world occur where?   Long Island Sound, NY   Bay of Fundy, Canada   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Lituya Bay, Alaska   •             Question 2          The most dominant force(s) acting on our oceans that produce(s) tides is/are:   convection   […]

The term applied to various sizes of boulders that are commonly used in structural material to provide protection to the shoreline is:   gabions   longard tubes   rip-rap   jetties   Question 2Wire baskets filled with rocks are called:   gabions   longard tubes   rip-rap   jetties   Question 3One of the oldest […]

Large rocks that European farmers would find on their land that didn’t match the rest of the sediment in the region were termed:   boulders   cirques   erratics   cobbles   Question 2Ice carries and deposits:   well sorted sediment   poorly sorted sediment   ice does not carry sediment   Question 3Glaciers currently […]

The type of motion that characterizes ocean waves is:   shear   oscillatory   tensional   retrograde   Question 2As wave motion propagates in a progressive manner, what is the overall particle motion observed?   up and down   side to side   particle motion is the same as wave motion   shear motion   […]

Windshield Tour Take a walk or drive around the geographic area of the population you are interested in. This may be around the hospital or clinic where you work, or in an area you are interested in serving. For instance, when you go into the poorest areas of Chicago, you see:   General socio-economic, cultural […]

While the Hurricane Lani weather event does not pose any more danger to populated areas, attention is primarily now being focused on long-term recovery and potential mitigation actions. In addition, attention is also being generated to quickly understand any lessons learned gleaned from the Hurricane Lani weather with the purpose to support a continuous process […]