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