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






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






3. Related to salt






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






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






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






7. Caused by actions of humans






8. A wind-deposited sediment consisting mostly of silt






9. Lacking moisture






10. Amount of solar radiation received on a given area






11. Impossible to predict






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






13. The evaporation of water from plants






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






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






16. A molecule that has calcium - carbon and oxygen






17. Factors that drive or force a system to change






18. Small or microscopic organisms






19. Separating or breaking so that a part becomes detached






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






21. The reflectivity of a surface






22. A deviation from the average






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






24. Made of rock






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






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






27. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time






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






29. Water cycle






30. The average weather






31. Any one of the gases found in the atmosphere






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






33. A molecule that has one carbon and two oxygen






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






35. The whole mass of gasses surrounding the earth