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