Day 2, Part 3: Climate Change

The type of instrumentation is used to take the Earth’s temperature each month is _____.

Dr. Spencer noted that temperature increases for an object occur as long as _____.

The greenhouse gas that has the greatest effect on heat in the lower atmosphere is _____.

The branch within the United Nations that studies climate changes is called _____.

The effect of a warming climate on agriculture may be _____.

The slow carbon cycle involves the _____ movement of carbon.

____ magnify temperature changes. _____ reduce temperature changes.

Some scientists predict a rise in sea level resulting from _____.

Temperature decreases for an object occur as long as _____.

Some scientists predict that sea levels will rise between _____.

When the organisms die, their shells fall to the ocean floor are compressed to form _____.

Carbon-containing molecules are an efficient source of fuel because _____.

Carbon moves from atmosphere to lithosphere as _____ dissolves minerals in rocks, H₂O transports minerals to the ocean

If the pH of the oceans changes drastically, the effect on marine organisms may be _____.

On Earth, carbon is naturally found in _____.

Uncertainties in climate model predictions are said to be the result of _____.

Before temperatures were made this way, scientists determined Earth’s temperature using “proxies” such as _____.

When carbon is removed from one reservoir, it _____.

The measurements made in this way are accurate to a temperature of _____°C; they are averaged over a period of _____.

The article about the carbon cycle forecasts that unabated carbon dioxide emissions may _____.

Organisms make shells that are composed of _____.

Scientists have only been able to accurately take Earth’s temperature since _____.

IPCC: the ten warmest years occurred after _____.

The article about climate change states that _____ and _____ are not accounted for in climate models.

The article makes the following statement. What can be inferred about the assumptions made in climate modeling?

The warmest period of climate in the past 2000 years was _____. The coolest period was _____.

Predictions about future warming made by climate models _____.

Plants absorb _____ from the atmosphere and convert it to _____ and oxygen using energy from the Sun.

Drought conditions caused by climate change are predicted to increase in _____.

Climate models predict that hurricanes will _____.

The sea level change cited over the 20^th century was _____.

The amount of CO₂ added to the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion is said to be _____ than that from volcanoes.

_____ is preventing the pH of the oceans from changing drastically.

Researchers establish validity of climate models using _____ data and _____.

IPCC: overall change in temperature from 1901-2010 is _____°C and from 1979-2010 is _____°C

In the article about climate change, the stated cause of increase of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is _____.

_____ can cause global temperatures to rise for a time. _____ can cause global temperatures to fall for a time.

The global average near-surface temperature today is _____°C. The global average near-surface temperature is _____°C.

Uncertainty in predicted warming remains in the _____.

In the article about climate change, the stated role of H₂O in the warming of the Earth’s atmosphere is _____.

The changes in freezing levels and rainfall that are cited as evidence for global warming are _____.

What does Dr. Spencer believe has caused IPCC models to predict that the climate system is sensitive to human activity?

Dr. Roy W. Spencer suggests that the factor that has the largest potential to alter climate is _____.

The fast carbon cycle involves the _____ movement of carbon.

Cause of an imbalance in rates of energy flowing into Earth from the Sun & rate of _____ from Earth’s surface is ____.

As long as there is _____ in and out of an object, its temperature will change. Once _____, temperature stops changing.

The models predict that the largest amounts of warming will occur in _____.

A change in the climate system in response to a temperature change.

From the article on the carbon cycle, the stated effect of carbon dioxide dissolving into oceans is _____.

Other factors stated in the article about climate change that may play a role in warming are _____.

Carbon moves naturally from the lithosphere to the atmosphere _____.

The physical parameters used in climate models are _____.

It is possible that predicted drought conditions could be offset by _____.

The purpose of the carbon cycle appears to be _____.

When plants are consumed, _____ is released back to the atmosphere by the consumer.

Decaying organic matter is compressed over time to produce _____.

Greenhouse gases cause _____ within the Earth’s atmosphere.

In the article about climate change read in class, the stated trend for Arctic sea ice and glaciers is _____.

The article about climate change states that _____ and _____ are not accounted for in climate models.