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Science of Global Warming

Subject : science
Instructions:
  • Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from CO2 and water using light as an energy source






2. Relationships between and among living organisms and their non-living environment






3. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time






4. Small or microscopic organisms






5. The mass per unit volume of a substance under specified conditions of pressure and temperature






6. A wind-deposited sediment consisting mostly of silt






7. A suspension of solid or liquid particles in a gas






8. Factors that drive or force a system to change






9. Rain - snow - sleet - and other forms of water falling from the sky






10. The whole mass of gasses surrounding the earth






11. Related to salt






12. Annual layer of sediment deposited in an ocean or lake






13. Any one of the gases found in the atmosphere






14. A river of ice that under pressure can deform and flow plastically






15. Site in Antarctica where a 400000 year long ice core was collected






16. A deviation from the average






17. Impossible to predict






18. Water cycle






19. A mass of glacier ice that covers a wider area






20. A molecule that has calcium - carbon and oxygen






21. A suggested explanation for a phenomena that requires further testing by scientific research






22. Caused by actions of humans






23. Made of rock






24. An odorless - colorless - flammable gas that is a greenhouse gas






25. Amount of solar radiation received on a given area






26. Any of the different forms of element having the same number of protons






27. The reflectivity of a surface






28. Lacking moisture






29. The average weather






30. The process by Which molecules of a liquid become a gas






31. A molecule that has one carbon and two oxygen






32. A time interval characterized by lack of glacial ice in mid-latitudes






33. Separating or breaking so that a part becomes detached






34. The evaporation of water from plants






35. A general term for the age-depth relationship in ice