OCC Social Science

Question 1

What scientific term BEST describes the environmental effects of climate change?

Answer 1

Feedback

Question 2

What is generally not found in archives?

Answer 2

Climate records

Question 3

What do scholars need to conduct a historical investigation?

Answer 3

Sources

Question 4

The cryosphere is part of the

Answer 4

Hydrosphere

Question 5

What atmospheric layer is CLOSEST to the Earth’s surface

Answer 5

Troposphere

Question 6

In which direction does positive feedback move?

Answer 6

Always in the same direction as forcing.

Question 7

Certain gases cause the greenhouse gas effect because they are

Answer 7

Reflective

Question 8

Which external energy source is MOST vital to Earth

Answer 8

Solar

Question 9

What is the difference between an archive of
society and an archive of nature?

Answer 9

Archive of society holds written information, while archive of nature holds information from nature.

Question 10

The tipping point of climate change is the point at which it reaches?

Answer 10

The Point of No Return.

Question 11

Describe an example of an Archive of Society

Answer 11

A collection of wolf population records

Question 12

What subsystem does climate NOT influence?

Answer 12

Weather

Question 13

The term ‘lithosphere’ incorporates the Greek word for

Answer 13

stone

Question 14

What natural cycle has faced rapid acceleration from the use of fossil fuels?

Answer 14

water

Question 15

What scientific approach views the Earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere as a single structure?

Answer 15

earth system science

Question 16

A meteorological rocket would MOST likely be found in the

Answer 16

mesosphere

Question 17

To which of the subsystems would a fossilized human being belong?

Answer 17

geosphere

Question 18

What aspect of climate change involving water does not focus on the hydrosphere?

Answer 18

air moisture depletion

Question 19

Scientists label feedbacks as

Answer 19

positive and negative

Question 20

What effect of warmer temperatures occurs around the North Pole?

Answer 20

Ice on the Ocean’s surface melts.

Question 21

Which term refers to factors that influence climate change?

Answer 21

forcings

Question 22

What event is considered positive feedback?

Answer 22

Ice melting in the North Pole.

Question 23

What relationship occurs between solar energy and ice or ocean water on the ocean surface?

Answer 23

Ice reflects; ocean water absorbs.

Question 24

A common characteristic of historians, social scientists, and scientists is their…

Answer 24

specialization

Question 25

What are forcings

Answer 25

Specific causes of climate change

Question 26

What are natural features that
show signs of being affected by climate?

Answer 26

Proxies

Question 27

The creation of a new scholarly field often begins with…

Answer 27

the development of new methods of analyzing evidence.

Question 28

How would you describe ice core sampling?

Answer 28

The examining rings of ice in the Arctic

Question 29

Climate over time is BEST described as

Answer 29

Volatile

Question 30

What is the furthest time period an ice core
from an old glacier can effectively study?

Answer 30

Hundreds of thousands of years ago

Question 32

Findings about climate history often…

Answer 32

don’t perfectly align with across fields of study.

Question 34

How does historical climatology differ from
paleoclimatology?

Answer 34

They are basically different names for the same field.