Extreme Weather
Melting Ice
Carbon Dioxide
Global Temperature
Sea Level Rise
100
Number of North Atlantic hurricanes in the 2016 season
What is 7
100
The monitoring of melting of ice in Antarctica and Greenland can help ______________ the changes for the rest of the Globe.
What is predict
100
Until the 1950's, C02 levels has never been above _______ parts per million.
What is 300
100
Normal temperature for Earth's ocean surface water
What is -2 to 30°C
100
Sea level has risen about _______ mm since 1870
What is 200
200
The number of record low temperature events in the U.S. has been decreasing, since _______.
What is 1950
200
28.4 degrees Fahrenheit
What is the freezing point of saltwater
200
Scientists can discover past Carbon Dioxide levels by taking these.
What is ice core samples
200
Earth's average surface temperature has risen about ________ since the late 19th century.
What is 2.0 degrees Fahrenheit
200
A factor the contributed the most to sea level rise
What is Warming of ocean surface waters
300
Approximately 400 billion tons of total glacier loss has occurred since _________. (year)
What is 1994
300
Carbon Dioxide is a type of ______________.
What is a Greenhouse gas
300
The 2016 average of surface temperatures
What is 99 °C
300
In the last century, global sea level rose about 8 _______.
What is inches
400
"The Arctic’s sea ice maximum extent has dropped by an average _____ percent per decade since 1979." -NASA
What is 2.8
400
Carbon Dioxide is taken in by
What are plants
400
Most of the Earth's increased warming occurred in the past _____ years.
What is 35
400
39 percent of the Earth's population _____________.
What is live within 100 kilometers of the shoreline
500
El Niño
What is the intense tropical storm associated with warming waters, in the eastern Pacific
500
Greenland ice sheet has been losing an estimated 281 _________ of ice per year. (a unit of measurement)
What is gigatonnes
500
Time period that increased C02 emmisions
What is the Industrial Revolution
500
Our planet's _______ surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping and observing (began in 1880)
What is 2016
500
Percentage of heat from global warming that the ocean has absorbed in the past 40 years.
What is 84
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