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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Distribution of land and water
B Plane of the equator
C Altitude
D Latitude
E General circulation of the ocean’s currents
Question #2
A Coriolis
B windward
C struck
D leeward
E north
Question #3
A solar radiation
B the burning of coal
C meteorites
D animal decomposition
E vegetation
Question #4
A carbon dioxide
B sulfur dioxide
C carbon monoxide
D argon
E ozone
Question #5
A Lightning
B Ozone
C Particulates
D Neon
E Argon
Question #6
A erosion
B smog
C precipitation
D aerosols
E wind
Question #7
A more healthy to breathe than oxygen
B a pollutant caused by the burning of fossil fuels
C a naturally occurring substance
D a form of carbon dioxide
E a form of oxygen
Question #8
A troposphere
B heterosphere
C ionosphere
D homosphere
Question #9
A helium
B argon
C oxygen
D water vapor
E nitrogen
Question #10
A ions
B argon
C infrared radiation
D helium
E water
Question #11
A Maintains a water supply
B Maintains an envelope of pure oxygen
C Screens out much of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation
D Supplies the oxygen for life
E Insulates the surface against temperature extremes
Question #12
A act as a lid preventing gases from escaping
B initiate violent storms
C provide oxygen for the atmosphere
D reduce ultraviolet solar radiation
E serve as a nucleus for cloud formation
Question #13
A Oxygen
B Clouds
C Nitrogen
D Carbon dioxide
E Water vapor
Question #14
A parts per billion
B parts per trillion
C parts per million
D parts per hundred
E parts per thousand
Question #15
A Latitude
B Elevation
C Longitude
D Distribution of land and water
E Storms
Question #16
A differentiated because climate studies the long-term
B differentiated because climate studies the stratosphere
C both atmospheric studies based on many decades of data
D differentiated because weather is not covered in your textbook
E synonyms
Question #17
A the equator
B the United States
C Hollywood
D Antarctica
E Africa
Question #18
A Carbon monoxide
B Water vapor
C Chlorofluorocarbons
D Sulfur compounds
E Photochemical smog
Question #19
A Oceans cool more quickly than land.
B Oceans and land can store about the same amount of heat per volume.
C Cities near oceans tend to have warmer summers than cities inland.
D Land cools more quickly than water.
E Oceans and land cool at about the same rate.
Question #20
A stratosphere
B ionosphere
C mesosphere
D troposphere
E heterosphere
Question #21
A thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and troposphere
B troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere
C exosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, and mesosphere
D troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
E stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and troposphere
Question #22
A the absorption of ultraviolet energy
B photosynthetic activity
C the reflection of photons
D CFCs joining with ozone
E a chemical solution
Question #23
A unevenly mixed in the lower layers
B evenly mixed in the upper layers
C evenly mixed in the lower layers
D unevenly mixed throughout all levels
E evenly mixed throughout all levels
