Global Climate Change

 What do the colors indicate about the change in average temperature?

• blue is warm temperature
• red is warmer temperature
• white is the warmest temperature
• white is the coolest temperature

Where has the temperature changed the most?

• central latitude
• central longitude
• north pole
• south pole

Describe the average temperature change from 1880 to 2010.

• increase by 0.8
• increase by 1.0
• increase by 0.6
• increase by 0.4

Scientists study what in ice cores?

• CO2 levels from the bubbles in the ice
• see how quick the ice can melt
• how much snow fell that year
• compaction

Kyoto Protocol was created by the United Nations

• True
• False

The graph shows that the temperature for the past 10,000 years, compared with the previous 400,000 years, has been:

• getting warmer
• staying stable
• getting cooler

What two things can happen when energy from the Sun interacts with the ground?

• absorbed & reflected
• absorbed & refracted
• absorbed & transmitted
• reflected & refracted

Carbon dioxide keeps infrared radiation: 

• on the ground
• in the air

Carbon dioxide can absorb both infrared and solar radiation.

• True
• False

How does atmospheric carbon dioxide affect global temperature?

• more CO2, lower temperature
• less CO2, lower temperature
• less CO2, higher temperature
• more CO2, higher temperature