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