Part A -

1. Describe the relationship between Hydrogen ions and pH.

2. Distinguish between Climate and Weather.

3. What are the causes and effects of El Niño?

4. What are the causes and effects of the global conveyer belt?

Part B -

1. How did the Earth form? How did the ocean form? Include relevant terminology, dates, and processes...please present this from the scientific point of view. I'm not trying to assess your faith based beliefs, just your understanding of what we covered in this class.

2. Discuss the composition and characteristics of Earth's layers. How was the composition of the mantle and core determined?

3. Consider the "Tragedy of the Commons" and relate it to the High Seas. Please include ways in which people abuse our ocean commons in your discussion. Include at least one detail from our unit 1 TED Talk "Kristina Gjerde: Making Laws on the High Seas."

4. Using the TEDX film "Rob Dunbar: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice" that you watched in unit 2 as a reference discuss the evidences for global warming/climate change.