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