ES 9.2 - Assignment - Earth's Climate History

What do scientists study to reconstruct past climate conditions?

• tree branches, pollen grains, and rain water

• pollen grains, tree rings, and fossils

• rain water, tree rings, and fossils

• fossils, pollen grains, and tree branches

Pollen grains help scientists

• identify plants and make assumptions on past climate conditions.

• understand tree growth and make assumptions on past climate conditions.

• understand how Earth was shaped and make assumptions on past climate conditions.

• identify major ice ages and make assumptions on past climate conditions.

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What is a fossil?

• the remains of an animal or plant preserved within a layer of rock

• a large body of compacted ice formed over thousands of years

• the energy radiated from the Sun

• a change in the structure of Earth's surface

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What should scientists consider when studying tree rings to understand the variations in the local climate?

• patterns in their width, their density, and their composition

• odor from the wood, patterns in their width, and their density

• their composition, odor from the wood, and patterns in their width

• their density, composition, and location

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In what type of climate do trees produce narrower rings?

• cool and dry

• warm and wet

• cool and wet

• warm and dry

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In what type of climate do trees produce wider rings?

• cool and dry

• warm and wet

• cool and wet

• warm and dry

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What is one cause of long-lasting climate change?

• glacial deposits

• Earth's elliptical orbit

• Earth's rotation

• the Sun’s elliptical orbit

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Which factors of Earth’s position would contribute to long-term climate change?

• its elliptical orbit and the tilt on its axis

• its distance from other planets and the tilt on its axis

• the tilt on its axis and its distance from the moon

• its distance from the moon and its elliptical orbit

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What are sunspots?

• storms on Earth’s surface

• storms on the Sun’s surface

• hot gases on the Sun

• holes in the Sun

Which played a major role in altering wind patterns and ocean currents?

• volcanic eruptions

• ice ages

• movement of continents

• solar flares

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