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