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