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