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