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