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