6. Climate and Climate Change
Paleoclimate — Quiz
Test your understanding of paleoclimate with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which paleoclimate proxy involves analysing the ratio of oxygen isotopes in microscopic marine organism shells to infer past ocean temperatures?
Question 2
What are 'varves' in paleoclimate studies?
Question 3
Which dating method is commonly used to determine the age of organic material up to about 50,000 years old?
Question 4
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), a major paleoclimatic event, occurred approximately how many years ago?
Question 5
In ice-core paleoclimate records, a thicker summer layer typically indicates what in past climate?