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