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  • the the climate in Tasmania was so similar to that of pre-industrial England that it was referred to by some English colonists as "a Southern England"?
  • the geography of Tasmania results in a climate so similar to that of pre-industrial England that it was once referred to as a Southern England?
  • the "100,000 year problem" is among the biggest mysteries facing those attempting to reconstruct past climates today?
  • ancient packrat middens (essentially, packrat nests) can provide important clues about long-term changes in climate or vegetation in an area?
  • garden plant Grevillea \'Peaches and Cream\', a hybrid of G. banksii from humid subtropical Queensland and G. bipinnatifida from the Mediterranean climate of Western Australia, tolerates the climates of both its parents?
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    Question 1: The ________ (IPCC) glossary definition is:
    IPCC Fourth Assessment ReportIntergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeGlobal warmingGlobal warming controversy

    Question 2: finally, (coupled) atmosphere–ocean–sea ice ________ discretise and solve the full equations for mass and energy transfer and radiant exchange.
    Global climate modelThermohaline circulationCurrent sea level riseEl Niño-Southern Oscillation

    Question 3: The Thornthwaite system,[1] in use since 1948, incorporates evapotranspiration in addition to temperature and precipitation information and is used in studying animal species diversity and potential impacts of ________.
    Milankovitch cyclesLittle Ice AgeClimate changeCurrent sea level rise

    Question 4: Sub-Saharan Africa, ________ and East Asia are monsoon regimes.
    BarbadosAustraliaCanadaUnited Kingdom

    Question 5: Earth has undergone periodic climate shifts in the past, including four major ________.
    Quaternary glaciationLast glacial periodIce ageLittle Ice Age

    Question 6: The accumulation of snow and ice during a glacial period increases the surface ________, reflecting more of the Sun's energy into space and maintaining a lower atmospheric temperature.
    Global dimmingAlbedoGlobal coolingGlobal warming

    Question 7: Rain forests are characterized by high ________, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1,750 millimetres (69 in) and 2,000 millimetres (79 in).
    ClimatePrecipitation (meteorology)Earth rainfall climatologyRain

    Question 8: In some cases, the term is also used with a presumption of human causation, as in the ________ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
    United NationsIsrael, Palestine, and the United NationsUnited Nations Security CouncilUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

    Question 9: Examples of genetic classification include methods based on the relative frequency of different ________ types or locations within synoptic weather disturbances.
    Severe weatherThunderstormAir massPrecipitation (meteorology)

    Question 10: Climate (from ________ klima, meaning inclination) is commonly defined as the weather averaged over a long period of time.
    Doric GreekAttic GreekAeolic GreekAncient Greek
















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