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