Temperature Anomaly Practice Quiz

a value above or below a "normal" value

baseline or normal value

the value of zero on the y-axis

anomaly data will tell us extremes

anomaly data shows how hot or cold a region gets

anomaly data can show increases and decreases of temperature in the same region

anomaly data tells us what the "normal" temperatures are...

1990-2010

1880

1951-1980

2018

1

10

43

0

positive anomaly

negative anomaly

That was probably when we started burning fossil fuels

The data, especially ocean data, was pretty inaccurate and started getting better starting in 1950's...

scientists do not want to scare people so they use a "normal" value that keeps the temperature anomalies lower.

the maximum anomaly

the minimum anomaly

unknown data

the "normal" or baseline data.