ECC Final Unit Test Review Questions
and Answers
What is climate? - ANS-General weather patterns over a long period of time.
What is climate change? - ANS-Changes in climate over a long period of time that can
be caused by natural events or human activities.
What is a Fluctuation? - ANS-Variations in a set of data.
What is a trend? - ANS-Overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of
data over time.
What does stability mean? - ANS-When something stays mostly the same over time.
What does Temperature mean? - ANS-A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What does absorb mean? - ANS-To take in.
What is the definition of Energy? - ANS-The ability to make things move or change.
What is the definition of Atmosphere? - ANS-The mixture of gases surrounding a planet.
What is Carbon Dioxide? - ANS-A molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms (CO2).
Global average temperature has increased since about 1880. Considering the claim that
an increase in certain gases has caused this warming, a graph containing which time
period's data would provide the BEST evidence? - ANS-Data that covers a longer time
period (for example: Data from 1880 to 2014)
Over the past 100 years, Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere have shown a(n)
___________________ trend. - ANS-increasing
Over the past 100 years, methane levels in the atmosphere have shown a(n)
___________________ trend. - ANS-increasing
Over the past 100 years, Sulfur Dioxide levels in the atmosphere have shown a(n)
___________________ trend. - ANS-stable or decreasing
and Answers
What is climate? - ANS-General weather patterns over a long period of time.
What is climate change? - ANS-Changes in climate over a long period of time that can
be caused by natural events or human activities.
What is a Fluctuation? - ANS-Variations in a set of data.
What is a trend? - ANS-Overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of
data over time.
What does stability mean? - ANS-When something stays mostly the same over time.
What does Temperature mean? - ANS-A measure of how hot or cold something is.
What does absorb mean? - ANS-To take in.
What is the definition of Energy? - ANS-The ability to make things move or change.
What is the definition of Atmosphere? - ANS-The mixture of gases surrounding a planet.
What is Carbon Dioxide? - ANS-A molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms (CO2).
Global average temperature has increased since about 1880. Considering the claim that
an increase in certain gases has caused this warming, a graph containing which time
period's data would provide the BEST evidence? - ANS-Data that covers a longer time
period (for example: Data from 1880 to 2014)
Over the past 100 years, Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere have shown a(n)
___________________ trend. - ANS-increasing
Over the past 100 years, methane levels in the atmosphere have shown a(n)
___________________ trend. - ANS-increasing
Over the past 100 years, Sulfur Dioxide levels in the atmosphere have shown a(n)
___________________ trend. - ANS-stable or decreasing
