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Question #1
What did the record of fossilized beetles tell us about the Earth’s climate over 10,000 years ago?
A.   It changed rapidly from warm to cold and then back again
B.   It was stable throughout
C.   It cooled rapidly
D.   It cooled slowly over time
Question #2
What evidence matched the data from the beetle study?
A.   Deep sea mud deposits
B.   Ice cores from Greenland
C.   Wasps from Panama
D.   Fish from England
Question #3
Why was this evidence more accepted?
A.   It recorded the climate and fossils cannot record the climate
B.   It cost a lot more money and was more high tech
C.   It was a scientific study and the beetles were not
D.   It was done before the beetle study
Question #4
What is the Atlantic conveyor?
A.   It is a warm flow of saltwater that cools and sinks into the deep ocean
B.   It is a cold flow of saltwater that cools and sinks into the deep ocean
C.   It is a warm flow of saltwater that warms and sinks into the deep ocean
D.   It is a warm flow of freshwater that rises from the deep ocean
Question #5
What can cause the conveyor to stop?
A.   An infusion of saltwater
B.   A change in the North Atlantic gyre flow
C.   An infusion of “deadly freshwater”
D.   A change in the wind belts
Question #6
How has this played a role on the Earth’s climate?
A.   It causes the planet to gradually shift from cold to warm
B.   It causes the planet to rapidly shift from warm to cold
C.   It causes the winds to shift directions 180 degrees
D.   It causes the ocean to lose its salt content and become freshwater
E.   It causes the planet to gradually go from warm to cold
Question #7
How was the climate in the late 1500s in eastern North America different from today’s climate?
A.   It was hotter
B.   It was wetter
C.   It was drier
D.   It was colder
Question #8
What is the Little Ice Age?
A.   A period in North America during the 1500s-1700s where temperatures dropped by one degree Celsius
B.   A period in Europe during the 500s-700s where temperatures dropped by one degree Celsius
C.   A period in Europe during the 1500s-1700s where temperatures dropped by five degree Celsius
D.   A period in Europe during the 1500s-1700s where temperatures dropped by one degree Celsius
E.   An event that took place over 10,000 years ago
Question #9
What does Stephan Ramstorf’s model indicate?
A.   That global warming will make the planet warmer and warmer into the future
B.   That global warming is not real
C.   That global warming will end in the next ten years
D.   That global warming can cause the Atlantic Conveyor to collapse and that could trigger another Ice Age
Question #10
Why might Europe be more concerned about changes to the conveyor than the United States?
A.   They are worried the Mediterranean Sea will evaporate away
B.   They fear the conditions will result in the return of the Soviet Union
C.   They will feel the effects first
D.   They have large cities on the Atlantic Ocean and the US does not

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