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