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