The main goal of paleoclimatology is to understand the climate of the past in order to________ .
A) assess the current and potential future climate in the context of natural climate variability
B) positively identify why some species died out and others remain on Earth
C) discover the changes in climate through geologic time and correlate it with gas composition changes in the atmosphere
D) all of the above
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Q2: One half of the atmosphere lies below
Q3: Clean, dry air is composed almost entirely
Q4: The climate system consists of the_ .
A)biosphere
B)geosphere
Q5: Variations in the angle that Earth's axis
Q6: What percent of the solar energy reaching
Q7: Ozone, another important component of the atmosphere
Q8: How do aerosols affect climate?
A)reflecting sunlight back
Q9: The hotter the radiating body,_ .
A)the wavelength
Q10: Global warming since the mid- 1970s has
Q11: Types of climate- feedback mechanisms consist of
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