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