Thermohaline circulation: a) Water density drives thermohaline circulation.  Name the two ocean water properties that control water density. b) Where are the two regions in which surface water sinks all the way to the bottom of the deep ocean?  Use the names of the oceans in your answer.  (Do not include “intermediate water”.)  c) In each of these two regions of bottom water formation that you named in part b, what processes change the water properties (part a) so that it sinks to the bottom of the ocean?

Ocean in the climate system: Why is the ocean a dominant factor in the Earth’s climate system?  Give 4 global-scale reasons and for each one explain how the ocean affects climate. 

Ice age sea level change:  Recall that sea level is where the top surface of the ocean meets the land.  It is affected by the height of the ocean and by the height of the land.  Either one can move up or down. a) During glacial periods:  Give 2 reasons why global sea level (eustatic sea level) is lower. b) During glacial periods:  What causes sea level to change by different amounts (tens to hundreds of meters) in some regions compared with others? c) During the present-day interglacial period:  Since the town of Juneau, Alaska was established, sea level there has been falling even as global sea level has been rising.  This has exposed more land.  What glacial phenomenon would explain this?

This is a face to face course and all exams and quizzes are done in class

According to your textbook, the desire to eat comfort foods high in sugars and fats can increase because of a rise in which hormone in the blood?

What is considered to be the “master” gland because it regulates the release of hormones from other glands around the body?

Insulin and glucagon are hormones synthesized and secreted by:

Thomas was in a car accident and had trouble remembering events that took place for two days before the accident. This is an example of __________ amnesia.

___________ is the hormone released from the pineal gland.

Someone who has only a single X chromosome (written as XO) has which of the following disorders?