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Question 1

Global Climate Change:

Answer 1

Many climate characteristics rainfall, temp., wind patterns, and storm fequency are changed

Question 2

Global Warming:

Answer 2

The increase in Earth’s average surface temp. and is only one aspect of climate change

Question 3

Ice shevles:

Answer 3

edges of glaciers

Question 4

Causes for rising oceans

Answer 4

1. Warming seawater expands
2. glaciers melt adding to the water

Question 5

Proxy indicators:

Answer 5

Types of indirect evidence that serve as substances for direct measurments of what the Earth was like

Question 6

Types of Proxy indicators:

Answer 6

1. Glaciers contian trapped air bubbles and soot to tell about droughts, fires, and general climate
2. Ancient Sediments preserve seeds which, tell what could grow based off of the climate
3. Tree rings tell of hurricane activity, wet and dry seasons, drought, forest fires in the past

Question 7

North & South America _____ precipitation while SW America and Africa _____ precipitation

Answer 7

gain & lose

Question 8

Climate models:

Answer 8

programs that use knowledge on the oceans and atmosphere to simulate climate processes using large data amounts and complex math equations

Question 9

Mauna Loa, 1958 CO2 concetration was at _____ compared to now at _____ in 2014

Answer 9

315 to 414ppm

Question 10

molecule for molcule, most other greenhouse gasses cause ____ global warming than CO2

Answer 10

more

Question 11

Most reponsible greenhouse gas is

Answer 11

CO2

Question 12

Fossil Fuels:

Answer 12

buring of carbon containing fuels

Question 13

Fossil fuel use have risen due to

Answer 13

deforistaion and FF buring