Question

match - Ocean acidification evidence Ocean warming evidence
larger concentration carbonic acid
melting glaciers
difficult for some species to make shells
expansion of ocean volume
growing difficulty in absorbing carbon dioxide
organisms more prone to illness
Answer
What does a wider tree ring indicate, as opposed to a thinner tree ring?(1 point)
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It indicates that the weather that year was warm and wet.
It indicates that the weather that year was warm and wet.

It indicates that the weather that year was warm and dry.
It indicates that the weather that year was warm and dry.

It indicates that the weather that year was cold and dry.
It indicates that the weather that year was cold and dry.

It indicates that the weather that year was cold and wet.
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How does global warming affect solar energy in the atmosphere?(1 point)
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Decreased ice causes more energy to be reflected.
Decreased ice causes more energy to be reflected.

Decreased ice causes less energy to be reflected.
Decreased ice causes less energy to be reflected.

Increased ice causes less energy to be reflected
Increased ice causes less energy to be reflected

Increased ice causes more energy to be reflected.
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Which effect of temperature rise causes a feedback resulting in a rise in global temperatures?(1 point)
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more water vapor in the atmosphere
more water vapor in the atmosphere

more severe storms
more severe storms

less water vapor in the atmosphere
less water vapor in the atmosphere

less severe storms
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Select the correct answer from the list.(1 point)
Scientists believe that the __________ explain why Earth’s _________ fluctuated between glacial periods and interglacial periods.
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Which factor should be included in a model of energy flow into the atmosphere?(1 point)
Responses

number of flood days per year
number of flood days per year

concentrations of greenhouse gases
concentrations of greenhouse gases

variations in local temperatures
variations in local temperatures

places experiencing drought
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Ocean acidification evidence:
- larger concentration of carbonic acid
- difficult for some species to make shells
- growing difficulty in absorbing carbon dioxide
- organisms more prone to illness

Ocean warming evidence:
- melting glaciers
- expansion of ocean volume
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It indicates that the weather that year was warm and wet.
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Increased ice causes less energy to be reflected.
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more water vapor in the atmosphere
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Scientists believe that the **Milankovitch cycles** explain why Earth’s **climate** fluctuated between glacial periods and interglacial periods.
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concentrations of greenhouse gases