Global Temperature Change

question 16

Multiple Choice

Global temperature change

• A)is not affecting animals,but is influencing plant distribution.
• B)is affecting body size for sheep in high latitudes.
• C)is linked to increases in goat size in Ireland.
• D)is allowing tropical plant seeds to germinate in Iceland.
• E)is not linked to human activity.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

A cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs or biases.

Principle Of Falsifiability

The criterion for demarcating scientific from non-scientific statements; a theory must be testable and potentially able to be proven false.

Denialism

The choice to reject information or evidence that conflicts with an individual's beliefs, often seen in contexts such as climate change denial.

Cognitive Inertia

The tendency of certain cognitive processes or sets of beliefs to resist change, even in the face of new information or evidence.