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