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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Altitude
B Latitude
C Plane of the equator
D Distribution of land and water
E General circulation of the ocean’s currents
Question #2
A struck
B Coriolis
C windward
D north
E leeward
Question #3
A animal decomposition
B the burning of coal
C solar radiation
D vegetation
E meteorites
Question #4
A sulfur dioxide
B ozone
C argon
D carbon monoxide
E carbon dioxide
Question #5
A Particulates
B Neon
C Lightning
D Argon
E Ozone
Question #6
A smog
B precipitation
C wind
D aerosols
E erosion
Question #7
A a pollutant caused by the burning of fossil fuels
B a form of carbon dioxide
C a form of oxygen
D a naturally occurring substance
E more healthy to breathe than oxygen
Question #8
A ionosphere
B homosphere
C heterosphere
D troposphere
Question #9
A argon
B helium
C nitrogen
D oxygen
E water vapor
Question #10
A helium
B ions
C argon
D water
E infrared radiation
Question #11
A Maintains an envelope of pure oxygen
B Insulates the surface against temperature extremes
C Screens out much of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation
D Maintains a water supply
E Supplies the oxygen for life
Question #12
A serve as a nucleus for cloud formation
B initiate violent storms
C act as a lid preventing gases from escaping
D reduce ultraviolet solar radiation
E provide oxygen for the atmosphere
Question #13
A Clouds
B Carbon dioxide
C Oxygen
D Nitrogen
E Water vapor
Question #14
A parts per billion
B parts per million
C parts per thousand
D parts per hundred
E parts per trillion
Question #15
A Storms
B Distribution of land and water
C Elevation
D Longitude
E Latitude
Question #16
A differentiated because climate studies the stratosphere
B synonyms
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 the equator
B the United States
C Africa
D Antarctica
E Hollywood
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 Land cools more quickly than water.
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 Cities near oceans tend to have warmer summers than cities inland.
Question #20
A mesosphere
B stratosphere
C heterosphere
D troposphere
E ionosphere
Question #21
A thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and troposphere
B exosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, and mesosphere
C troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
D stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and troposphere
E troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and thermosphere
Question #22
A the absorption of ultraviolet energy
B CFCs joining with ozone
C photosynthetic activity
D the reflection of photons
E a chemical solution
Question #23
A evenly mixed in the lower layers
B evenly mixed throughout all levels
C evenly mixed in the upper layers
D unevenly mixed throughout all levels
E unevenly mixed in the lower layers
