Exam 16: The Oceans and Climate Disruption

The relative contribution of common gases in the atmosphere increase as a percentage of the greenhouse effect in which of the following going from lowest to highest percentage?

Man-made chemicals such as CFCs can exhibit ________ times more greenhouse potential than carbon dioxide.

Periods of Earth's history with extensive sea ice result in enhanced albedo, leading to more cooling. This is referred to as ________.

Less than half of the U.S. population agreed that global warming is occurring, according to a 2014 survey.

Scientists overwhelmingly agree that Earth's climate is undergoing an abrupt increase in temperature.

The majority of the increase in heat input to the Earth as a result of global warming has ended up in ________.

Rapid cooling of Earth's climate can be caused by ________.

Volcanic activity can lead to rapid cooling of Earth's climate because of ________.

A climate proxy provides indirect evidence for historical changes in climate.

Based on a survey of U.S. residents completed in 2014, ________ percent of respondents agreed that global warming is occurring.

Sea level can rise in response to ________.

On average, Earth's surface albedo is about ________.

Sea level can be changed by ________.

The Copenhagen Accord, an international response to climate change, ________.

A negative feedback mechanism works to enhance a change in the environment.

North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation may become more sluggish, but is unlikely to shut down in the next 100 years.

Changes to North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) could result in ________.

The organisms potentially impacted by ocean acidification are ________.

Potential issues with direct injection of CO₂ into the deep ocean include all of the following except ________.

According to the fifth report of the IPCC, a future high-emission scenario will result, by the year 2100, in an average global atmospheric temperature change (relative to the 1986-2005 average) of ________.