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the Minoan and the Roman Warm perods were____ warmer than present   4 degrees  
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the Medieval Warm period is __ degrees warmer than present   2  
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between 1650 and 1850 the world cooled _____ degrees   4  
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in the 20th century warming period it has warmed _-_ degrees in the last 100 years   .2-.9  
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there were records of huge ____ production in the Roman warming period   wine  
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Scientists used the evidence provided to _   infer the climate changes  
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the warmest time period   the holocene climate optimum  
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scientists credit medieval warm period to   the Inca Empire  
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Incas had warm weather to farm extensivley irrigated with _____   glacier runoff  
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Vikings took advantage of the ocean to settle ___ and _____   Iceland ; Greenland  
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________ years ago there was a deep ice age level down _____ ft. and man walked from _____ to ___   50000; 300;Asia; Alaska  
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took Earth ___ years to get out of Ice Age   40000  
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Holocene refers to the Earth's last______ years of history   10000  
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CO2 levels have been rising for _______ years to end the ice age   18000  
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ice core samples from antarctica show __ glacial/ interglacial cycles   8  
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when did warm period peak and what has itt been doing since   1998; cooling  
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Have CO2 levels reached previous interglacial periods   yes  
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9.99% of climate is regulated by   water, orbital variations,and solar variations  
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water accounts for what percent of the greenhouse effect   36-66  
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T/F CO2 causes climate change. explain   false because co2 is a product of climate change  
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there is a constant exchangement between   oceans, atmosphere, and vegetation  
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_____ billion tons of CO2 circulate annually between ocean and atmosphere   90  
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when ocean water is ------- gases are absorbed and trapped   cold  
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what is an indicator of a rising temperature   co2  
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what water mass is a BIG indicator of temperature   Arctic Ocean  
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what is the effect of no evaporation   no snow to replenish the icecaps so they will shrink  
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what do large amounts of snow cause   the solar heat goes into space causing global cooling  
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it takes ____ years of warming or cooling to effect the world's oceans which in turn effects the atmos   800  
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perihelion and aphelion are examples of   eccentricity  
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diffe rfrom the normal   eccentricity  
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variation in the earth's tilt from the sun   obliquity  
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the change in the earth's wobbling   precession  
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why does solar variation vary   the sun is more active through cycles  
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sun spots vary thru a ____ year cycle   11  
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from 1900 - 1960 there were more sunspots ever seen in over ___ years   8000  
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the last sunspot cycle was from 1991- 2007 averaged ________ sunspots per year   1361  
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the current sun spot cycle began in 200 and appears to be _ -er than the others   weaker  
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our present sunspot cycle had its peak in   1998  
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