Academic Integrity: tutoring, explanations, and feedback — we don’t complete graded work or submit on a student’s behalf.

1. Which of the following provides the longest record of climate change? Coral c

ID: 289463 • Letter: 1

Question

1.

Which of the following provides the longest record of climate change?

Coral cores

Ocean sediment cores

Ice cores

Tree rings

Using this figure comparing the thickness of the tree ring core sample, determine which statement represents a reasonable conclusion about past precipitation (assuming the tree growth is precipitation limited).

Precipitation was relatively favorable for tree growth during 1983

Precipitation was relatively favorable for tree growth during 1994

Precipitation was relatively unfavorable for tree growth during 2000

Precipitation was relatively favorable for tree growth during 2005

3.  

How can we use Corals and Trees as climate archives?

The length of the coral and tree samples tell us about past climate conditions

The annual growth rings tell us exact past climate measurements

The better preserved a sample, the warmer the climate was in the past

The annual growth rings tell us qualitatively about past climate conditions

4.  

The 18O of high latitude ice is typically:

Greater than the oceans

Smaller than the oceans

About the same as the oceans

5

When there are large ice sheets on land, 18O values found in deep sea sediment are:

unchanged

larger

smaller

A

Coral cores

B

Ocean sediment cores

C

Ice cores

D

Tree rings

2005 1990 2000 1980

Explanation / Answer

ANswer 1: Sea sediments

Answer 2: 2005: thichker the tree ring more the rainfall or precipitation conditions.

answer 3: the annual growth tell us the quality about past climate

answer 4:smaller than oceans

this is becasue as the clouds move from low lattitude to high lattitude they become continously depleted in O18 and enriched in O18 so O18/O16=18O will decrease wr.t to oceans

answer 5: very large

during ice age O16 will not come back to ocean it frezze in ice sheets and oceans become depleted in O16 therefore O18/O16 will increase rapidly during ice age.

pleast thumbs if you like the answer.....for any question please ask me again i am happy to help you