A heat wave in which city would be expected to have the highest mortality?

1. A heat wave in which city would beexpected to have the highest mortality? 1. Miami, because it's humid and already hot 2. Phoenix, because it's dry and already hot 3. Seattle, because it's usually not hot

2. In general, where are the driest places on Earth located? • 1.Near the equator • 2.In the subtropics (10 to 30 degrees latitude) • 3.North America • 4.Eastern Washington

3. In general, where are the rainiest places on Earth located? • 1.Near the equator • 2.In the subtropics (10 to 30 degrees latitude) • 3.The Arctic • 4.Forks, WA

4. Which of these is most confidently expected to increase with warmer temperatures, whatever their cause? • 1.Cloud water content • 2.Cloud ice content • 3.Water vapor • 4.Atmospheric oxygen levels

5. Which of these is caused by heating land surfaces? • 1.Monsoons • 2.ITCZ • 3.Storm tracks • 4.Stratocumulus

6. What is this picture of? • 1.Sea ice • 2.Icebergs • 3.Glaciers

7. Which of these contains the most frozen water: • 1.Sea ice • 2.Greenland • 3.Antarctica • 4.Mountain glaciers • 5.Permafrost • 6.Snow coverage

8. Which of these has the most areal coverage: • 1.Sea ice • 2.Greenland • 3.Antarctica • 4.Mountain glaciers • 5.Permafrost • 6.Snow coverage

9. Which of these could (realistically) contribute the most to sea level rise in the next 100 years: • 1.Sea ice • 2.Greenland • 3.Antarctica • 4.Mountain glaciers • 5.Permafrost • 6.Snow coverage

10. Which of these 6 has contributed the most to sea level rise so far: • 1.Sea ice • 2.Greenland • 3.Antarctica • 4.Mountain glaciers • 5.Permafrost • 6.Snow coverage

11. Which of the following has contributed most to sea level rise so far? • 1.Mountain glaciers • 2.Greenland ice sheet • 3.Antarctic ice sheet • 4.Thermal expansion of sea water • 5.Sea ice melting

12. Why is sea level rise hard to measure? • 1.Ocean currents affect sea level • 2.Wind patterns affect sea level • 3.Locations are rising/falling due to tectonic activity • 4.All of the above

13. Sea level can be measured very accurately from space. • 1.True • 2.False

14. What is Tuvalu and what does it have to do with global warming? • 1.An endangered sea bird • 2.A coral that is bleaching • 3.A mollusk affected by acidification • 4.A low-lying island nation

15. Ocean acidification gets worse for higher climate sensitivity climates. • 1.True • 2.False

16. Ocean acidification results from • 1.Acid rain falling into the ocean • 2.The ocean's uptake of CO2 • 3.Coral bleaching • 4.Higher ocean temperatures

17. Coral bleaching is caused by • 1.Ocean acidification • 2.Higher ocean temperatures • 3.Changes in ocean salinity

18. The sinking of cold, salty water in the North Atlantic could slow with global warming, due to changes in density of high latitude waters. • 1.True • 2.False

19. El Nino involves large warming of the ocean in the • 1.Tropical Pacific • 2.Tropical Atlantic • 3.Northern midlatitudes • 4.Southern midlatitudes

20. El Nino affects precipitation patterns all over the world • 1.True • 2.False

21. The strongest winds in a hurricane are in the • 1.Sprial rain bands • 2.Eye • 3.Eyewall • 4.Eyeball

22. Which of these latitudes has the most hurricanes? • 1.0 degrees • 2.20 degrees • 3.40 degrees

23. The Atlantic has most of the hurricanes on Earth. • 1.True • 2.False

24. Hurricanes are powered by • 1.Water vapor greenhouse effect • 2.Condensation • 3.Rising air over land

25. These also affect hurricane formation/strength: • 1.Coriolis force • 2.Wind shear • 3.Subsurface temperatures • 4.All of the above

26. The current state of the science indicates that with global warming, hurricanes will likely • 1.Get stronger and more frequent • 2.Get stronger but less frequent • 3.Get weaker but more frequent • 4.Get weaker and less frequent

32. Global land ice

33. Sea ice

34. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future • Summarize the article in one sentence.

35. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 2. Towards the beginning of the article, the authors use the words “tipping point”. What do they mean by this term?

36. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 3. What does Dirk Nolzmean when he said, “the sea ice episode should be a cautionary tale, wrote Dirk Notz, a climatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, last year. Melting thresholds likely exist for land-bound glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, he said, and scientists should not risk their credibility by conflating those claims with Arctic sea ice.”

37. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 4. What are two reasons that models may not accurately predict future sea ice loss?

38. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 5. According to the article, how has sea ice extent changed since the 1950s?

39. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 6. Let’s pretend that in 2011, sea ice extent increases by 5% compared with the previous year. Is this proof that sea ice is not in danger of disappearing after all? Why or why not?

40. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 7. How can warming temperatures help increase sea ice growth?

41. No 'Tipping Point' for Sea Ice in Polar Bears' Future 8. The article discusses how polar bears will likely survive even as temperatures increase. What adaptations do you think they will have to undergo in order to survive in a warmer world?