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