How things work college course/Global warming quiz 1

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Global Warming quiz 1- Lede
{The lede's graph of the "Global Land Ocean Temperature Index (1880-2013)" shows little or no temperature rise over the last ____ years} - 30 - 3 - 100 + 10 - 300 {Since 1971, 90% of earth's increased energy caused by global warming has been stored in the _____________, mostly _____________} + sea; in the top kilometer - sea; in the bottom kilometer - land; near the poles - land; near the equators - air; in the water vapor {The lede's graph of the "Global Land Ocean Temperature Index (1880-2013)" shows that since 1920, there has never been a decade of overall cooling} - true + false {The largest temperature increases (from 2000-2009) have occurred } - on the ocean surface + near the poles - near the equator - in the western hemisphere {The 2007 IPCC report stated that most global warming was likely being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities. Among the science academies of the major industrialized nations, this finding was recognized by} - 90% of the academies of science + all of the academies of science - all but the US academy of science - 60% of the academies of science { in 2013, the IPCC stated that the largest driver of global warming is carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Other important sources of CO2 are} - population growth and waste disposal - cement production and waste disposal + cement production and land use changes - population growth {The lede's graphs of the "Global Land Ocean Temperature Index (1880-2013)" indicates that from 1960 to 2012 the average temperature increased by approximately} - 16&deg; Celsius + 0.6&deg; Celsius - 0.06&deg; Celsius - 0.16&deg; Celsius - 1.6&deg; Celsius {Which statement is FALSE about the lede's map of the temperature anomaly (2000-2009)? } + all portions of Antarctica have warmed - Northern Asia has warmed more than southern Asia - Central Europe has warmed more than the continental United States - The United States has warmed more than Australia {The lede's "CO2 Emissions per Year" graph (1990-2010) shows dips and rises that are caused by changes in} - worldwide efforts to curtail emissions - the earth's distance from the sun - the sun's energy output + the world economy {The lede's "CO2 Emissions per Year" graph (1990-2010) shows solid straight lines that represent} + estimates made in the year 2000 of what would happen in the future - estimates of the contributions from everything except fossil fuels - estimates of the contributions from fossil fuels alone - estimates of the impact on land temperatures {In climate science, mitigation refers to:} - climate engineering - adaptation to the effects of global warming + reduction of green house emissions - building systems resilient to the effects of global warming {Anthropogenic means something that} - humans can repair + human caused - humans cannot repair - will hurt humans