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