Exam 21: Global Climate Change

Ice cores taken from glaciers show higher concentrations of ¹⁸O in the ice deposited during colder climates.

How will increasing atmospheric CO₂ affect the properties of seawater?

What material makes up the shells of many marine microorganisms?

How can the changing location of continents affect climate change?

What substance is responsible for the increasing concentrations of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere?

If the Earth had no atmosphere, what would the average temperature of the planet be?

Which of the following locations experienced a cooling climate during the period from 1950-2014?

What materials are sampled to study ¹⁶O:¹⁸O ratios during past climates?

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is a 90-99% probability that increases in global temperatures are due to the increase in human-generated greenhouse gases.

Sunspots occur in cycles with the maximum number of sunspots occurring about every ________ years.

Why would increasing acidity of the ocean be a problem?

Which of the following oxygen isotopes is the most common?

Explain how the greenhouse effect works and how it warms the atmosphere.

Sea level rise is a combination of ________ and ________ as the climate becomes warmer.

Climate is the state of the atmosphere at a given time in a given place over a short period of time.

How do humans contribute to climate change today?

Small sea level rise on a shore with a gentle slope will cause a substantial shift in shoreline location.

Compare the greenhouse effect on Earth to that on planetary bodies such as the Moon and Venus.

________ are small solid or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere.

How can historical records be used to analyze past climates?