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