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