GOL 105 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a glacier? - ✔✔They cover ~35% of
the land surface
✔✔ Scientists obtain records of climate change from all of the following except
__________ - ✔✔volcanic lava layers
✔✔Carbon dioxide (CO2) constitutes approximately _______ of Earths atmosphere. -
✔✔0.04%
✔✔Besides carbon dioxide (CO2),___________ is another important greenhouse gas in
our atmopshere. - ✔✔Water vapor
✔✔All of the following are known to cause climate change on Earth except
____________ - ✔✔the expansion of grasslands across the surface of the planet
✔✔A reaction that acts to amplify or reinforce an initial change is termed ____________
- ✔✔A positive feedback
✔✔The transition from day to night is primarily controlled by? - ✔✔Earth's rotation on its
axis
✔✔Atmospheric COy concentrations and subsequently the temperature have naturally
risen to high levels in the past. Thus, there is no reason for modern day climate
scientists to be concerned with the current warming trend - ✔✔False
✔✔Earth is capable of maintaining a temperate climate while other planets in our solar
system are not, in part because Earth has a regulated magnetic field. - ✔✔False
✔✔It has been mathematically demonstrated that the current temperature trends fall
outside the range of natural variability and there is unquestionably an anthropogenic
contribution to modern day climate change. - ✔✔True
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a glacier? - ✔✔They cover ~35% of
the land surface
✔✔ Scientists obtain records of climate change from all of the following except
__________ - ✔✔volcanic lava layers
✔✔Carbon dioxide (CO2) constitutes approximately _______ of Earths atmosphere. -
✔✔0.04%
✔✔Besides carbon dioxide (CO2),___________ is another important greenhouse gas in
our atmopshere. - ✔✔Water vapor
✔✔All of the following are known to cause climate change on Earth except
____________ - ✔✔the expansion of grasslands across the surface of the planet
✔✔A reaction that acts to amplify or reinforce an initial change is termed ____________
- ✔✔A positive feedback
✔✔The transition from day to night is primarily controlled by? - ✔✔Earth's rotation on its
axis
✔✔Atmospheric COy concentrations and subsequently the temperature have naturally
risen to high levels in the past. Thus, there is no reason for modern day climate
scientists to be concerned with the current warming trend - ✔✔False
✔✔Earth is capable of maintaining a temperate climate while other planets in our solar
system are not, in part because Earth has a regulated magnetic field. - ✔✔False
✔✔It has been mathematically demonstrated that the current temperature trends fall
outside the range of natural variability and there is unquestionably an anthropogenic
contribution to modern day climate change. - ✔✔True
