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