If You Are Sailing Across the Continental Shelf in Queen

question 24

Multiple Choice

If you are sailing across the continental shelf in Queen Charlotte Sound and your echo sounder reported the bottom at 200 milliseconds (0.200 sec) at the maximum depth crossing the axis of Mitchell Trough, how deep is the seabed in the middle of this drowned submarine valley? Use the equation: depth (m) = 0.5 * (1500 m/s * total 2- way travel time in sec)

• A) 1500 m
• B) 50 0 m
• C) 15 m
• D) 150 m

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Describe the factors that influence urine volume and osmolality.

Explain the significance of obligatory and facultative water reabsorption in the formation of urine.

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