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