The most recent ice age, which peaked 18,000 yrs ago is called the __ glaciation

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The most recent ice age, which peaked 18,000 yrs ago is called the __ glaciation. A) Wisconsin B) Vostok C) Pleistocene D) Milankovitch The Milankovitch cycles are dependent on the Earth's ____. A) orbital eccentricity B) precession C) angle of tilt on the rotation axis D) all of the above Periodic variations in the amount of heal that the Earth's surface receives from the sun are best explained by ___. A) Vostok cycles B) Milankovitch cycles C) Holocene cycles D) Wisconsin cycles Evidence for episodes of continental glaciations in the rock record have occurred in the: A) Proterozoic eon B) Ordovician period C) Permian-Pennsylvanians periods D) all of the above The anomalous warning of the eastern Pacific Ocean that occurs every 3 to 7 years is called ___. A) Milankovitch cycles B)La Nina C) El Nino D)ENSO Residence times of chemical elements in the ___ are usually shorter than in the ___. A) atmosphere, biosphere B) oceans, atmosphere C) biosphere, oceans D) atmosphere, oceans Volcanic processes transport gases and aerosols from the to the ____ to the ____. A) lithosphere, atmosphere B) atmosphere, lithosphere C) lithosphere, hydrosphere D) hydrosphere, lithosphere The flux that removes excess calcium from the ocean basins is ____. A) evaporation B) sedimentation of calcium carbonate C) subduction D) reaction with sodium The greatest carbon flux comes from the cycling of atmospheric CO2 through ____. A)respiration B) precipitation C) photosynthesis D) sedimentation

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44. C) Pleistocene

45. D) All of the above

46. B) Milankovitch cycles

47. A) Proterozoic Eon

48. C) EL nino

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