Ms. Boyle's Midterm 2020

Calving is the process that creates ___________.

Renewable resources __________________.

Heat and moisture are distributed around Earth by ________.

Which of these refers to the temperature the air would have to cool to reach saturation?

Ice cores reveal that CO2 levels BEFORE the industrial revolution were around _______.

This is what plants release during transpiration.

Which is true about relative humidity?

What causes long-term changes in climate?

How are humans causing Global Warming?

The temperature of a body of water influences __________.

The study of past climates using tree rings is called _________.

Climate scientists believe that Earth's seas will rise by 1-8 feet by what year?

The ratio of air's water vapor content to its capacity to hold water vapor at that same temperature.

Resources that can be replenished over a short period of time.

The relationship between fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect.

Most abundant gas in the atmosphere.

What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?

The center of a tornado is characterized by its _______________.

Why is a scientific theory considered to be the definitive explanation of an observation in nature?

In which direction is air pressure exerted?

If the water-vapor content of air remains constant, lowering the air temperature causes a(n) _________________.

What is the first stage of a thunderstorm?

Which of the following is an example of human impact on climate changes?

Hurricanes are classified according to intensity using the __________ scale.

A scientific hypothesis is based on ______________.

Air that has reached its water vapor capacity is ______________.

Shoreline erosion and coastal flooding are 2 consequences of _______.

How does volcanic ash in Earth's atmosphere affect solar radiation?

What instrument is used to measure wind speed?

Why will global warming lead to an increase in the number and intensity of hurricanes?

Scientific models are used for _________________.

As elevation increases, temperature _________.

An example of pseudoscience.

What phenomenon naturally warms Earth's lower atmosphere and surface?

As latitude increases, solar energy intensity does what?

Rain, snow, sleet, hail are all examples of ____________.

A rotating column of air.

Force exerted by the weight of the air above.

Which of these is an environmental hazard created by humans?

The eye of a hurricane has the _____________.

During the 20th Century, Earth's average surface temperature has ______.

A preliminary, untested explanation that tries to explain how or why things happen.

Tree rings of very old trees can signal changes in _________.

The distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the equator.

Earth's average temperature _________________ during the 20th century.

Study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate.

The current average temperature on Earth is _______.

Using psychobabble is just one of the ways that a claim might be considered ____________.