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Quiz por Sylas Eckhart, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Sylas Eckhart
mais de 4 anos atrás
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Questão 1
Questão
What is permafrost?
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Permanently frosty water surface
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ground frozen for 2 or more years
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a seasonal event: whenever the temperature drops below 0C
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a stabilizing refrigeration technique for oil exploration at high latitudes
Questão 2
Questão
What causes glaciers to flow?
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magnetism
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centripetal force
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tectonic force
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gravity
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geothermal heat
Questão 3
Questão
90% of Earthquake's epicenters located at
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the center of tectonic plates
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tectonic plate boundaries
Questão 4
Questão
Which of the following is NOT true of P-waves?
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Result from compression of material in direction of travel
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Travel the fastest, first wave to be recorded on a seismograph
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Similar to sound waves
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Travel through solids only
Questão 5
Questão
Which of the following is NOT a line of evidence for the theory of plate tectonics?
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fossil/assemblages across oceans
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seismic waves
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continental fit
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glacial striation at low latitudes (today)
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paleographic reconstructions
Questão 6
Questão
Deep earthquakes form at which type of boundary
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convergent
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divergent
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transform
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none of the above
Questão 7
Questão
Metamorphic rocks can result due to what processes?
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exposure to high temperature
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exposure to water
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exposure to high pressure
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exposure to chemically active fluids
Questão 8
Questão
Fracture zones occur as a result of which type of boundary
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tectonic
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divergent
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transform
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none of these
Questão 9
Questão
The photosynthetic rate and atmospheric temperature feedback is:
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positive
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negative
Questão 10
Questão
Rank the size of terrestrial carbon cycle reservoir:
1st [blank_start]-[blank_end]
2nd [blank_start]-[blank_end]
3rd [blank_start]-[blank_end]
4th [blank_start]-[blank_end]
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Sedimentary Rocks
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Soil and Sediments
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Plants
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Consumers
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Metamorphic Rocks
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Passive Margins
Questão 11
Questão
Weathering of sedimentary rocks formed from organic matter
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ultimately returns CO2 to the atmosphere
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ensues oxidation
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is a fast process
Questão 12
Questão
Match with the appropriate depth:
Crust [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Asthenosphere [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Mantle [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Outer Core [blank_start]-[blank_end]
Inner Core [blank_start]-[blank_end]
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5-100km
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100-200km
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200-3,000 km
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3,000–5,000 km
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5,000–6,000 km
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7,000-10,000 km
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1,000-5,000 km
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50-5,000km
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4,000-10,00km
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200-700km
Questão 13
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basalt
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Granite
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Metamorphic Rock
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Sedimentary Rock
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Carbon
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Lead
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2.9g/cm3
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4.0g/cm3
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5.7g/cm3
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2.7g/cm3
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10.4g/cm3
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1.5g/cm3
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7-10km
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25-70km
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<200 million years
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>4 billion years
Questão 14
Questão
The accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter is the definition of which astronomical process?
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aggregation
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accretion
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condensation
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none of the above
Questão 15
Questão
During the formation of the moon, the iron core of the impactor was incorporated into the Earth's core
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- True
- False
Questão 16
Questão
The group of elements and chemical compounds with low boiling points that are associated with a planet's or moon's crust or atmosphere are:
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refractory substances
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water, methane, and ammonia
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volatiles
Questão 17
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fastest
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second fastest
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third fastest
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slowest
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Solid & liquid
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Solid only
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Earth's Surface
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Pushes & Pulls
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shear
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Up and down, forward and back
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side to side
Questão 18
Questão
The core is predominantly composed of
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carbon
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nickel
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granite
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hydrogen
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iron
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silver
Questão 19
Questão
The geomagnetic field is generated by
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solar radiation
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moon's gravitation pull
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greenhouse gases
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convection in the core
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deep ocean currents
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diverging plate boundaries
Questão 20
Questão
Magnetic stripes on the ocean floor are evidence of:
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carbon cycling
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magnetic field reversal
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earthquakes
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transforming plate boundaries
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diverging plate boundaries
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converging plate boundaries
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carbon dating
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Potassium & Argon dating
Questão 21
Questão
The crust closest to the divergent plate boundary will be [blank_start]newer,[blank_end] where the crust further away will be [blank_start]older[blank_end].
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younger
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older
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younger
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older
Questão 22
Questão
Which of the following are true due to paleomagnetism
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Rocks at the equator will have a low angle
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Rocks at the equator will form quicker
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can determine the distance from the equator
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steep angle at the poles
Questão 23
Questão
Ablation at the surface is a leading cause of mass loss in which ice sheet?
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Antarctica
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Greenland
Questão 24
Questão
The photosynthetic rate and atmospheric carbon dioxide feedback is
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negative
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positive
Questão 25
Questão
The carbon 13 and carbon 12 isotopic ratio is used to
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determine the sulfur content of fossils
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estimate atmospheric oxygen levels in the past
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estimate rate of carbon burial in the past
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determine the age of bones in your body
Questão 26
Questão
Which statement is TRUE about the origin of life on Earth
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life could not have been delivered from outside of the Earth as there is no evidence for organic compounds from space
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the origin of life could not have occurred at 100 degrees C as it is too hot for any kind of life to survive.
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Theory and experiments demonstrate that organic compounds can be created from inorganic compounds via a chemical reaction.
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the earliest life on the earth was probably some small plants
Questão 27
Questão
Which of the following are types of geologic evidence used to study the rise of atmospheric O2
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paleosols
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detritral pyrite
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banded iron formations
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detrital uranium
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all of the above
Questão 28
Questão
Complete the residence time formula
[blank_start]Reservoir size[blank_end]
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[blank_start]output (or input)[blank_end]
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Reservoir size
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output (or input)
Questão 29
Questão
Complete the equation for ocean acidification:
[blank_start]CO2[blank_end] + [blank_start]H20[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]H2CO3[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]HCO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]H+[blank_end] ↔[blank_start]CO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]2H+[blank_end]
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CO2
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H20
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H2CO3
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HCO3
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H+
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CO3
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2H+
Questão 30
Questão
Which of the following are used to calculate carbon flux?
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Respiration
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photosynthesis
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burial
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radioactive isotopes
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magnetic strips
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decay
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weathering
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oxygen minimum zone
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Coriolis effect
Questão 31
Questão
Which was the first oxygenic photosynthetic organism was the
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eukaryote
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cyanobacteria
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hematite
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methanogens
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single-celled fungi
Questão 32
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Igneous Rocks
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Sediments
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Sedimentary Rocks
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Metamorphic Rocks
Questão 33
Questão
Complete the equation for silicate weathering
[blank_start]CaSiO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]2H20[blank_end] + [blank_start]2CO2[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]Ca[blank_end] + [blank_start]2HCO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]SiO2[blank_end] + [blank_start]H20[blank_end]
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CaSiO3
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2H20
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2CO2
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Ca
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2HCO3
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SiO2
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H20
Questão 34
Questão
Carbonate precipitation
[blank_start]Ca[blank_end] + [blank_start]2HCO3[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]CaCO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]H2O[blank_end] + [blank_start]CO2[blank_end]
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Ca
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2HCO3
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CaCO3
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H2O
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CO2
Questão 35
Questão
Complete the buffer reaction:
[blank_start]CO2[blank_end] + [blank_start]CO3[blank_end] + [blank_start]H2O[blank_end] ↔ [blank_start]2HCO3[blank_end]
A buffer reaction will cause a [blank_start]not net change[blank_end] in pH in the ocean.
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CO2
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CO3
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H2O
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2HCO3
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no net change
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positive change
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negative change
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