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