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