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