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