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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 in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from CO2 and water using light as an energy source
plankton
loess
carbon dioxide
photosynthesis
2. Relationships between and among living organisms and their non-living environment
ecosystem
arid
plankton
lithic
3. Caused by actions of humans
anthropogenic
haline
glacier
loess
4. Any one of the gases found in the atmosphere
atmosphere
hypothesis
greenhouse gases
anthropogenic
5. Related to salt
hypothesis
greenhouse gases
haline
isotope
6. A time interval characterized by lack of glacial ice in mid-latitudes
ice sheet
calcium carbonate
transpiration
interglacial
7. The process by Which molecules of a liquid become a gas
glacier
evaporation
hypothesis
plankton
8. The average weather
Vostok
plankton
calving
climate
9. The whole mass of gasses surrounding the earth
plankton
atmosphere
climate
anthropogenic
10. Lacking moisture
ice sheet
arid
albedo
hypothesis
11. The reflectivity of a surface
calving
albedo
atmosphere
precipitation
12. Made of rock
chronology
loess
greenhouse gases
lithic
13. Amount of solar radiation received on a given area
hypothesis
insolation
transpiration
ecosystem
14. Small or microscopic organisms
density
plankton
greenhouse gases
calving
15. The mass per unit volume of a substance under specified conditions of pressure and temperature
insolation
density
albedo
interglacial
16. A molecule that has one carbon and two oxygen
carbon dioxide
transpiration
evaporation
precipitation
17. A mass of glacier ice that covers a wider area
varve
loess
ice sheet
chronology
18. The evaporation of water from plants
plankton
varve
calcium carbonate
transpiration
19. Water cycle
carbon dioxide
methane
hydrologic cycle
albedo
20. Rain - snow - sleet - and other forms of water falling from the sky
hydrologic cycle
precipitation
lithic
photosynthesis
21. A wind-deposited sediment consisting mostly of silt
insolation
loess
ice sheet
isotope
22. Site in Antarctica where a 400000 year long ice core was collected
greenhouse gases
lithic
Vostok
evaporation
23. A river of ice that under pressure can deform and flow plastically
glacier
arid
interglacial
calving
24. Impossible to predict
chronology
calving
ecosystem
chaotic
25. Annual layer of sediment deposited in an ocean or lake
greenhouse gases
aerosol
ecosystem
varve
26. A suspension of solid or liquid particles in a gas
ice sheet
arid
methane
aerosol
27. Factors that drive or force a system to change
hypothesis
greenhouse gases
forcing
plankton
28. A general term for the age-depth relationship in ice
precipitation
chronology
albedo
Vostok
29. Separating or breaking so that a part becomes detached
calving
ice sheet
density
albedo
30. An odorless - colorless - flammable gas that is a greenhouse gas
albedo
methane
Vostok
plankton
31. Any of the different forms of element having the same number of protons
isotope
aerosol
chronology
forcing
32. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time
weather
chronology
interglacial
anomaly
33. A suggested explanation for a phenomena that requires further testing by scientific research
isotope
carbon dioxide
hypothesis
density
34. A deviation from the average
plankton
anomaly
calving
density
35. A molecule that has calcium - carbon and oxygen
calcium carbonate
forcing
precipitation
lithic