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