Holocene

Question 1

Began…?

Answer 1

11700 years ago

Question 2

What do the holocene and the pleistocene make up?

Answer 2

The quaternary period

Question 3

What is the most recent period of human history?

Answer 3

The holocene

Question 4

What is one of the main explanations for cyclical climate change during the holocene?

Answer 4

‘Internal oscillations’- best known is the El Nino southern oscillation

Question 5

What is the periodicity of El Nino?

Answer 5

Around 7 years.

Question 6

When was the little ice age?

Answer 6

1350-1900

Question 7

In the late Quaternary ice ages have occurred with a pacing of approximately

Answer 7

100,000 years