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Science of Global Warming

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Small or microscopic organisms






2. Caused by actions of humans






3. A mass of glacier ice that covers a wider area






4. The reflectivity of a surface






5. Any one of the gases found in the atmosphere






6. Made of rock






7. Impossible to predict






8. Relationships between and among living organisms and their non-living environment






9. A wind-deposited sediment consisting mostly of silt






10. A deviation from the average






11. Lacking moisture






12. A river of ice that under pressure can deform and flow plastically






13. Related to salt






14. The mass per unit volume of a substance under specified conditions of pressure and temperature






15. Water cycle






16. A suggested explanation for a phenomena that requires further testing by scientific research






17. The whole mass of gasses surrounding the earth






18. The average weather






19. Separating or breaking so that a part becomes detached






20. Rain - snow - sleet - and other forms of water falling from the sky






21. Amount of solar radiation received on a given area






22. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time






23. The process by Which molecules of a liquid become a gas






24. An odorless - colorless - flammable gas that is a greenhouse gas






25. A suspension of solid or liquid particles in a gas






26. A molecule that has one carbon and two oxygen






27. Any of the different forms of element having the same number of protons






28. A general term for the age-depth relationship in ice






29. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from CO2 and water using light as an energy source






30. Factors that drive or force a system to change






31. Site in Antarctica where a 400000 year long ice core was collected






32. A time interval characterized by lack of glacial ice in mid-latitudes






33. A molecule that has calcium - carbon and oxygen






34. The evaporation of water from plants






35. Annual layer of sediment deposited in an ocean or lake