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