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