Question

1/ _____ refers to an increase in global surface air temperature that can cause snow and ice to melt in polar latitudes.

a. Snow-albedo feedback

b. Water vapor–greenhouse feedback

c. Chemical weathering-CO2 feedback

d. Precession

2/ The _____ explains the mechanisms of the slow shifting of continents and ocean floors.

a. theory of plate tectonics

b. Milankovitch theory

c. positive feedback mechanism

d. Younger Dryas event

3/ The natural "external" cause of climate change that changes the amount of solar radiation reaches the Earth is _____.

a. plate tectonic theory

b. mountain building

c. volcanic eruptions

d. Milankovitch theory

4/ A change in the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth due to changes in the shape of Earth's orbit about the sun is called _____.

a. radiative forcing

b. precession

c. eccentricity

d. obliquity

5/ The majority of human-produced sulfate particles in the lower atmosphere come primarily from _____.

a. large-scale modern agricultural practices

b. the combustion of sulfur-containing fossil fuels

c. industrial process venting

d. burning of waste in trash to steam plants

Answer 1

A)

Snow-albedo feedback

B)

Theory of plate tectonics

C)

Milankovitch theory

D)

Obliquely

E)

large-scale modern agricultural practices