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