Seafloor sediments are very important in discovering paleoclimate because they ________.

The________ isotopes in the hard skeletons of corals are an important paleothermometer.

Global warming since the mid-1970s has been about ________.

Oxygen isotope analysis is the measurement of two isotopes of oxygen (18O and 16O). The lighter isotope, 16O, ________.

What is meant by “interior drainage” in a desert region?

If the ratio of radioactive parent to stable daughter isotope is 1:3, how many half-lives have elapsed?

A barrier built at a right angle to the beach for the purpose of trapping sand that is moving parallel to the shore is called a ________.

Oxygen isotope analysis is the measurement of two isotopes of oxygen (18O and 16O). The lighter isotope, 16O, ________.

The portion of Earth’s surface where water is in solid form is called the ________.

The thickest and most extensive loess deposits on earth occur in ________.