Global temperatures probably have not varied by more than ____ during the past 10,000 years.
a. 0.5C
b. 1C
c. 2C
d. 4C
e. 5C
Question 2
The greatest warming experienced over the globe in the last 100 years has occurred in ____.
a. Greenland and the mid-latitude continents in summer and fall
b. the United States in winter and spring
c. parts of Antarctica during the entire year
d. the arctic and over the mid-latitude continents in winter and spring
e. the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere and parts of Antarctica in spring and summer
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Earth’s history spans 4.5 billion years. Geologists and paleontologists have pieced together the his
The continents were not always in their present positions. The position of the continents is importa
School age (late childhood): 6–12 years, or to puberty.
Global Water Stress
The Shifting Global Setting