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