Temperature Anomaly Practice Quiz

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Quiz on Temperature Anomaly Practice Quiz, created by Wallace Mason on 30/10/2018.
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Question 1

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A temperature anomaly is a....
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  • a value above or below a "normal" value
  • baseline or normal value
  • the value of zero on the y-axis

Question 2

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Temperature anomalies are more useful because than raw temperature data because...
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  • 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...

Question 3

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The baseline or normal value of the temperature graph we used in class is from
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  • 1990-2010
  • 1880
  • 1951-1980
  • 2018

Question 4

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How many straight years has the planet earth had a positive temperature anomaly...
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  • 1
  • 10
  • 43
  • 0

Question 5

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A value above normal is a...
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  • positive anomaly
  • negative anomaly

Question 6

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Why do you think we use 1951-1980 as our "normal" or zero value, especially considering climate change was likely happening during this time?
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  • 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.

Question 7

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What does zero mean on the y-axis of a temperature anomaly graph?
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  • the maximum anomaly
  • the minimum anomaly
  • unknown data
  • the "normal" or baseline data.

Question 8

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Temperatures did not rise from 2005 to 2010, this means climate change may not be happening. This is an example of...
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  • cherry picking
  • reliable data
  • anomaly
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