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