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Are you a
 Freshman  Sophomore  Junior  Senior  Other: _________________________
3. Please indicate which topics (either as a course or as a topic within a course) you have taken in the past three years (select all that apply):
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 Atmospheric science
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Climate science
Environmental Science
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Microsoft Excel
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4. Please rate how confident you are, at this point, that you could explain the following specific topics:
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3 4 Difference between climate and weather
The relationship between the earth’s rotation and seasonal variations in temperature
The relationship between greenhouse gases and temperature changes on the earth’s surface
Natural factors that influence climate
What causes ice ages
Earth systems and cycles (for example the global carbon cycle and water cycle)
Feedbacks in the climate system
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Do you know . . . . ? a. … how scientists use ice cores to study Earth’s past climate b. … how the earth’s orbital parameters influence the long-term climate c. …how water isotopes record the hydrological cycle, particularly over the ice sheets d. …what aspect of the Earth’s orbital parameters causes the seasons e. … what role CO2 plays in amplifying or moderating earth’s temperature
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6. How do climate scientists use ice cores to estimate the amount of temperature change Earth has experienced between cold and warm periods? Circle one. a. Measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the bubbles of ice cores b. Measuring the isotopes of water molecules in the ice c. Measuring the amount of dust concentrations in the ice cores
7. Have you ever heard of or experienced the “atmospheric lapse” rate. In other words, what happens to the air temperature as you go higher up in the atmosphere? Circle one. a. Temperature increases as altitude increases b. Altitude increases as temperature decreases c. Temperature decreases as altitude increases d. Temperature and altitude changes are unrelated
8. What is the primary cause for the glacial and interglacial variations in Earth’s temperature a. Natural changes in the concentration of greenhouse gases b. Changes in the amount of ice cover on the Earth c. Slight changes in the Earth’s orbital configuration
9. What is the relationship between greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane) and temperature over thousands of years? Circle one. a. As CO
2
increases, temperature increases b. As CO
2
increases, temperature decreases c. CO
2
and temperature are not linked
10. Identify a feedback (component of the climate system that amplifies or reduces the amount of change) that would further increase Earth’s temperature during a warm interglacial period. Circle one. a. The addition of CO
2
from warming oceans b. More ice covering the Earth’s surface c. Increased amount of aerosols (air particles) in the atmosphere from droughts d. Greater amount of radiation from the Sun
UWHS Climate Science: [Title]
Designed by Spruce Schoenemann Draft 6/15/2014

Please fill out this survey to help improve the lab. This survey is anonymous and will NOT influence your grades. It is
OK to guess the correct answer. The information you provide will help science educators understand if this lab is effective.
Definitely
Not
Only
Sort of
Do you know . . . . ? a. … how scientists use ice cores to study Earth’s past climate b. … how the earth’s orbital parameters influence the long-term climate c. …how water isotopes record the hydrological cycle, particularly over the ice sheets d. …what aspect of the Earth’s orbital parameters causes the seasons e. … what role CO2 plays in amplifying or moderating earth’s temperature
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I have a pretty good idea
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2. How do climate scientists use ice cores to estimate the amount of temperature change Earth has experienced between cold and warm periods? Circle one. a. Measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in the bubbles of ice cores b. Measuring the isotopes of water molecules in the ice c. Measuring the amount of dust concentrations in the ice cores
3. Have you ever heard of or experienced the “atmospheric lapse” rate. In other words, what happens to the air temperature as you go higher up in the atmosphere? Circle one. a. Temperature increases as altitude increases b. Altitude increases as temperature decreases c. Temperature decreases as altitude increases d. Temperature and altitude changes are unrelated
4. What is the primary cause for the glacial and interglacial variations in Earth’s temperature a. Natural changes in the concentration of greenhouse gases b. Changes in the amount of ice cover on the Earth c. Slight changes in the Earth’s orbital configuration
UWHS Climate Science: [Title]
Designed by Spruce Schoenemann Draft 6/15/2014

5. What is the relationship between greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane) and temperature over thousands of years? Circle one. a. As CO
2
increases, temperature increases b. As CO
2
increases, temperature decreases c. CO
2
and temperature are not linked
6. Identify a feedback (component of the climate system that amplifies or reduces the amount of change) that would further increa se Earth’s temperature during a warm interglacial period. Circle one. a. The addition of CO
2
from warming oceans b. More ice covering the Earth’s surface c. Increased amount of aerosols (air particles) in the atmosphere from droughts d. Greater amount of radiation from the Sun
7. What, if anything, was the most important thing that you learned from this lab?
8. What, if anything, do you think could have been improved about the lab?
9. Are there any concepts that are still unclear to you after completing the lab?
10. Additional comments?
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If you have any questions about this survey of feedback, please contact Spruce Schoenemann, schoes@uw.edu
, 360-
471-8835.
UWHS Climate Science: [Title]
Designed by Spruce Schoenemann Draft 6/15/2014