首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Most of-us are used to seasons. Each year, spring follows winter, which follows au-tumn, which follows summer, which follows spr
Most of-us are used to seasons. Each year, spring follows winter, which follows au-tumn, which follows summer, which follows spr
admin
2011-01-14
64
问题
Most of-us are used to seasons. Each year, spring follows winter, which follows au-tumn, which follows summer, which follows spring. And winter is colder than summer.But the earth goes through temperature cycles over much longer periods than those that we experience. Between 65,000 and 35,000 years ago, the planet was much colder than it is now. During that time the temperature also changed a lot, with periods of warming and cooling. Ice melted during the warm periods, which made sea levels rise. Water froze again during the cold periods.
A new study from Switzerland sheds light on where ice sheets melted during the ice age.
It now seems that the ice melted at both ends of the earth, rather than just in ei-ther northern or southern regions.
This surprised the researchers from the University of Bern.
Scientists have long assumed that most of the ice that melted was in the Northern hemisphere (半球) during the 30,000-year long ice age.
That belief was held because the North Pole is surrounded by land, while the South Pole is surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean. It is easier for ice sheets to grow on land. If surrounded by sea the ice can easily just slip into the ocean instead of building up.
The researchers used a computer model to look at ways the ice could melt and how it might affect sea levels. They compared these results to evidence of how temperatures and currents actually changed during that time. The model showed that if it was only in the Northern hemisphere that ice melted, there would have been a bigger impact (影响) on ocean currents (洋流) and sea temperatures than what actually happened. Studies suggest that melting just in the Southern hemisphere would have been impossible, too. The only reasonable conclusion, the scientists could make, was that ice melted equally in the North and the South.
It is still a mystery as to what caused the temperature changes that caused the ice to melt.
The scientists are not sure______.
选项
A、how long the ice age lasted
B、where ice sheets melted during the ice age
C、what caused the temperature changes
D、what the earth is made up of
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。根据文章最后一句It is still a mystery as to what caused the temperature changes that caused the ice to melt.可知科学家们现在还没有找到引起温度变化的原因。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/T8JO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
Acomputerisamachinedesignedtoperformworkmathematicallyandtostoreandselectinformationthathasbeenfedintoit.I
GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbroughtuptobelievethatagoodbreakfastisoneoflife’sessentials.Eatingbreakfastat
NocountryintheworldhasmoredailynewspapersthantheUSA.Therearealmost2000ofthem,ascomparedwith180inJapan,1
Thiscountryisfullycommittedtotheintroductionofcomputersintoschools.Thisisdemonstratedbythefactthatvirtuallya
Whenaconsumerfindsthatanitemsheorheboughtisfaultyorinsomeotherwaydoesnotliveuptothemanufacturer’sclaim
Onewouldnotwishtovisitthewhitemountainsinwinters,stillless______tolivethereinthatseason.
Thesemagazinesarebothinterestingandinstructive.Nowonderthey______tothereadingpublic.
Howoftenhaveyouqueuedfor______seemslikehoursatthebookingofficebeforeyoucangetatrainticket?
尽管困难重重,我们仍决心执行我们的计划。
这位老人不仅征服了海洋,他还征服了癌症。
随机试题
RaisingWiseConsumers[A]Almostanyonewithaprofitmotiveismarketingtoinnocents.Helpyourkidsunderstandit’sOK
进行分区划线分离细菌,操作错误的是
氨基酸进入肠黏膜上皮细胞是属于
充分体现人与自然统一的整体运动观念,确立了因时、因地、因人制宜的辨证施治原则的医学书籍是
设计工作中的方案设计、初步设计、技术设计、施工图设计之间的关系属于()。
金融市场可分为有形市场和无形市场。两个市场最明显的区别是()。
A、 B、 C、 D、 B
ThehumanspeciescameintobeingatthetimeofthegreatestbiologicaldiversityinthehistoryoftheEarth.Today,ashuman
A、Theirworkcanonlybeusedasamodel.B、Mostoftheirwritersarepoorlypaid.C、Mostwritershaveadoctorate.D、Studentsm
Itseemsyoualwaysforget—yourreadingglasseswhenyouarerushingtowork,yourcoatwhenyouaregoingtothe【C1】______,you
最新回复
(
0
)