How things work college course/Global warming quiz 1

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Global Warming quiz 1- Lede

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1 The lede's graph of the "Global Land Ocean Temperature Index (1880-2013)" shows little or no temperature rise over the last ____ years

	30
	3
	100
	10
	300

2 Since 1971, 90% of earth's increased energy caused by global warming has been stored in the _____________, mostly _____________

	sea; in the top kilometer
	sea; in the bottom kilometer
	land; near the poles
	land; near the equators
	air; in the water vapor

3 The lede's graph of the "Global Land Ocean Temperature Index (1880-2013)" shows that since 1920, there has never been a decade of overall cooling

	true
	false

4 The largest temperature increases (from 2000-2009) have occurred

	on the ocean surface
	near the poles
	near the equator
	in the western hemisphere

5 The 2007 IPCC report stated that most global warming was likely being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities. Among the science academies of the major industrialized nations, this finding was recognized by

	90% of the academies of science
	all of the academies of science
	all but the US academy of science
	60% of the academies of science

6 in 2013, the IPCC stated that the largest driver of global warming is carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Other important sources of CO2 are

	population growth and waste disposal
	cement production and waste disposal
	cement production and land use changes
	population growth

7 The lede's graphs of the "Global Land Ocean Temperature Index (1880-2013)" indicates that from 1960 to 2012 the average temperature increased by approximately

	16° Celsius
	0.6° Celsius
	0.06° Celsius
	0.16° Celsius
	1.6° Celsius

8 Which statement is FALSE about the lede's map of the temperature anomaly (2000-2009)?

	all portions of Antarctica have warmed
	Northern Asia has warmed more than southern Asia
	Central Europe has warmed more than the continental United States
	The United States has warmed more than Australia

9 The lede's "CO2 Emissions per Year" graph (1990-2010) shows dips and rises that are caused by changes in

	worldwide efforts to curtail emissions
	the earth's distance from the sun
	the sun's energy output
	the world economy

10 The lede's "CO2 Emissions per Year" graph (1990-2010) shows solid straight lines that represent

	estimates made in the year 2000 of what would happen in the future
	estimates of the contributions from everything except fossil fuels
	estimates of the contributions from fossil fuels alone
	estimates of the impact on land temperatures

11 In climate science, mitigation refers to:

	climate engineering
	adaptation to the effects of global warming
	reduction of green house emissions
	building systems resilient to the effects of global warming

12 Anthropogenic means something that

	humans can repair
	human caused
	humans cannot repair
	will hurt humans