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