The Oceans and Climate Change

Planetary atmospheric processes include many feedback loops. What are feedback loops?

• They are processes that modify an end result.

• They are various types of instruments used for measuring atmospheric properties.

• They are circular-moving loops of water that occur in offshore areas.

• They are also known as circulation cells, which occur in the atmosphere, the oceans, and inside Earth.

• They involve feeding organisms that live in the atmosphere.

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Why do scientists use proxy data to reconstruct past climates?

• Proxy data fit into computer models better.

• The further back in time we go, actual measurements become less complete and more unreliable.

• Proxy data are in close proximity to the laboratories of climate scientists.

• Proxy data have already been published in established scientific journals.

An examination of natural climate change factors reveals that the recently observed climate changes, such as the rate of warming in recent decades, are greater than can be explained by natural factors.

• True

• False

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What is the IPCC?

• International Panel for Computer-aided Citizens

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

• Internal Policy on Changing Climate

• Interpolicy Program for the Completion of Committees

• Investigations of Police for Crimes against Climate

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In 2007, the IPCC published its fourth assessment report, which _______________.

• reversed all of the findings of the first three IPCC reports

• blamed marine organisms for the recent climate change problems

• confirmed what many scientists had long suspected: Human-caused climate change is already altering Earth

• suggested that natural climate change factors were the main reason that climate had recently changed

• indicated that all proxy data are incorrect and need to be reevaluated

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What honor did the IPCC and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore Jr. share in 2007?

• a visit to the White House in Washington, D.C.

• the Nobel Peace Prize

• honorary degrees from Harvard University

• the International Climate Change Stewardship Award

If there were no natural greenhouse effect, average worldwide temperature would be freezing cold.

• True

• False

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What is the main naturally occurring gas in the atmosphere that contributes the greatest amount of greenhouse warming?

• nitrous oxide

• water vapor

• Oxygen

• carbon dioxide

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What is the greenhouse gas whose concentrations are affected by human activities that contributes the greatest amount of greenhouse warming?

• Oxygen

• nitrous oxide

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

• Methane

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The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide is currently ______ parts per million and is increasing by about 2 parts per million each year.

• 280

• 395

• 412

• 999

• 1500

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