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Science of Global Warming
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Instructions:
Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process by Which molecules of a liquid become a gas
precipitation
albedo
evaporation
glacier
2. An odorless - colorless - flammable gas that is a greenhouse gas
methane
ecosystem
calcium carbonate
loess
3. The reflectivity of a surface
evaporation
varve
albedo
greenhouse gases
4. The average weather
haline
ecosystem
climate
carbon dioxide
5. Any one of the gases found in the atmosphere
greenhouse gases
transpiration
glacier
arid
6. Relationships between and among living organisms and their non-living environment
ecosystem
loess
precipitation
forcing
7. Separating or breaking so that a part becomes detached
aerosol
insolation
calcium carbonate
calving
8. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time
climate
weather
hypothesis
anomaly
9. A mass of glacier ice that covers a wider area
greenhouse gases
Vostok
ice sheet
atmosphere
10. Annual layer of sediment deposited in an ocean or lake
varve
forcing
plankton
atmosphere
11. A general term for the age-depth relationship in ice
chronology
plankton
isotope
interglacial
12. A suggested explanation for a phenomena that requires further testing by scientific research
glacier
anomaly
ecosystem
hypothesis
13. Amount of solar radiation received on a given area
haline
varve
evaporation
insolation
14. Rain - snow - sleet - and other forms of water falling from the sky
anomaly
interglacial
precipitation
arid
15. Any of the different forms of element having the same number of protons
precipitation
isotope
Vostok
climate
16. A molecule that has calcium - carbon and oxygen
albedo
methane
calcium carbonate
forcing
17. The whole mass of gasses surrounding the earth
chaotic
atmosphere
hypothesis
isotope
18. Made of rock
insolation
weather
lithic
hydrologic cycle
19. Related to salt
haline
albedo
chronology
forcing
20. Lacking moisture
forcing
climate
arid
hypothesis
21. A wind-deposited sediment consisting mostly of silt
anomaly
greenhouse gases
ice sheet
loess
22. A deviation from the average
ecosystem
anomaly
loess
albedo
23. A time interval characterized by lack of glacial ice in mid-latitudes
ice sheet
chaotic
interglacial
ecosystem
24. Caused by actions of humans
anthropogenic
glacier
ecosystem
chronology
25. A river of ice that under pressure can deform and flow plastically
glacier
evaporation
arid
forcing
26. A molecule that has one carbon and two oxygen
atmosphere
haline
transpiration
carbon dioxide
27. Small or microscopic organisms
loess
transpiration
weather
plankton
28. Factors that drive or force a system to change
carbon dioxide
lithic
forcing
climate
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
weather
varve
photosynthesis
density
30. The mass per unit volume of a substance under specified conditions of pressure and temperature
anomaly
density
hydrologic cycle
forcing
31. A suspension of solid or liquid particles in a gas
interglacial
aerosol
climate
haline
32. Water cycle
plankton
hydrologic cycle
chaotic
glacier
33. Impossible to predict
calcium carbonate
ecosystem
chaotic
carbon dioxide
34. Site in Antarctica where a 400000 year long ice core was collected
Vostok
chaotic
forcing
loess
35. The evaporation of water from plants
greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide
isotope
transpiration