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Quiz by Wallace Mason, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Wallace Mason
about 6 years ago
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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
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baseline or normal value
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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
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anomaly data shows how hot or cold a region gets
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anomaly data can show increases and decreases of temperature in the same region
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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
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1880
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1951-1980
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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
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10
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43
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0
Question 5
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A value above normal is a...
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positive anomaly
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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
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The data, especially ocean data, was pretty inaccurate and started getting better starting in 1950's...
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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
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the minimum anomaly
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unknown data
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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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2010 (binary/octet-stream)
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cherry picking
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reliable data
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anomaly
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