Climate Vocab Quiz

What is global warming?

• Increases in carbon dioxide levels and greenhouse gases have lead to increased global temperatures.

• The warming of the Earth due to the insulating effect of gases in the atmosphere.

• The collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years.

• Dark spots on the sun caused by disturbances of the sun's magnetic field.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

• Increases in carbon dioxide levels and greenhouse gases have lead to increased global temperatures.

• The warming of the Earth due to the insulating effect of gases in the atmosphere.

• The collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years.

• Dark spots on the sun caused by disturbances of the sun's magnetic field.

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What are Milankovitch cycles?

• Increases in carbon dioxide levels and greenhouse gases have lead to increased global temperatures.

• The warming of the Earth due to the insulating effect of gases in the atmosphere.

• The collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years.

• Dark spots on the sun caused by disturbances of the sun's magnetic field.

What are sun spots?

• Increases in carbon dioxide levels and greenhouse gases have lead to increased global temperatures.

• The warming of the Earth due to the insulating effect of gases in the atmosphere.

• The collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years.

• Dark spots on the sun caused by disturbances of the sun's magnetic field.

What is El Nino?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

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What is La Nina?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

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What is deforestation?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

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What is ocean acidification?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America causing extreme weather patterns.

• The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

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What is albedo?

• The amount of energy reflected by a surface.

• The process through which cities grow and higher percentages of the population come to live in cities.

• The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

What is urbanization?

• The amount of energy reflected by a surface.

• The process through which cities grow and higher percentages of the population come to live in cities.

• The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

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