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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Latitude
B Altitude
C General circulation of the ocean’s currents
D Distribution of land and water
E Plane of the equator
Question #2
A Coriolis
B windward
C leeward
D north
E struck
Question #3
A meteorites
B the burning of coal
C solar radiation
D vegetation
E animal decomposition
Question #4
A argon
B carbon dioxide
C carbon monoxide
D ozone
E sulfur dioxide
Question #5
A Ozone
B Neon
C Lightning
D Particulates
E Argon
Question #6
A precipitation
B wind
C aerosols
D erosion
E smog
Question #7
A more healthy to breathe than oxygen
B a form of carbon dioxide
C a naturally occurring substance
D a form of oxygen
E a pollutant caused by the burning of fossil fuels
Question #8
A ionosphere
B heterosphere
C homosphere
D troposphere
Question #9
A water vapor
B oxygen
C argon
D helium
E nitrogen
Question #10
A ions
B water
C argon
D infrared radiation
E helium
Question #11
A Screens out much of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation
B Maintains a water supply
C Insulates the surface against temperature extremes
D Maintains an envelope of pure oxygen
E Supplies the oxygen for life
Question #12
A serve as a nucleus for cloud formation
B act as a lid preventing gases from escaping
C provide oxygen for the atmosphere
D initiate violent storms
E reduce ultraviolet solar radiation
Question #13
A Water vapor
B Clouds
C Carbon dioxide
D Nitrogen
E Oxygen
Question #14
A parts per trillion
B parts per million
C parts per hundred
D parts per billion
E parts per thousand
Question #15
A Distribution of land and water
B Elevation
C Longitude
D Latitude
E Storms
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 equator
B Hollywood
C Africa
D Antarctica
E the United States
Question #18
A Water vapor
B Chlorofluorocarbons
C Carbon monoxide
D Photochemical smog
E Sulfur compounds
Question #19
A Oceans and land can store about the same amount of heat per volume.
B Cities near oceans tend to have warmer summers than cities inland.
C Oceans cool more quickly than land.
D Land cools more quickly than water.
E Oceans and land cool at about the same rate.
Question #20
A stratosphere
B heterosphere
C mesosphere
D ionosphere
E troposphere
Question #21
A exosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, and mesosphere
B troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
C troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere
D thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and troposphere
E stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and troposphere
Question #22
A the absorption of ultraviolet energy
B CFCs joining with ozone
C photosynthetic activity
D a chemical solution
E the reflection of photons
Question #23
A evenly mixed throughout all levels
B unevenly mixed in the lower layers
C evenly mixed in the lower layers
D evenly mixed in the upper layers
E unevenly mixed throughout all levels
