According to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

question 55

Multiple Choice

According to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the planet's temperature is rapidly rising. The panel pointed out that the past 11 of 12 years have been the warmest on record. The cause of this warming is considered to be:

• A) geologic trends that have been occurring since the origin of geologic time
• B) human activity, such as human-caused greenhouse gas emissions
• C) the shrinking of the polar ice caps
• D) the increase in hurricane activity in the North Atlantic

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Parietal Lobe

The parietal lobe is a region of the brain associated with processing sensory information related to touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.

Primary Auditory Cortex

The part of the temporal lobe that is responsible for processing auditory information.

Temporal

Pertaining to time or located near the temples of the head.