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. What is the most important control on climate?

Prevailing wind correct incorrect

Latitude correct incorrect

Ocean currents correct incorrect

Altitude correct incorrect

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. Which part of the Earth system includes all the water of the planet?

Lithosphere correct incorrect

Biosphere correct incorrect

Hydrosphere correct incorrect

Cryosphere correct incorrect

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. Which of the following statements about a scientific law is NOT true?

It can be used to make predictions. correct incorrect

It can be expressed in mathematical equations. correct incorrect

It provides an explanation of how nature works. correct incorrect

It can be expressed in words. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT considered a step in the scientific method?

Making an observation correct incorrect

Developing a theory correct incorrect

Formulating a hypothesis correct incorrect

Conducting an experiment correct incorrect

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. What is power?

The rate at which energy is transferred, or work is done correct incorrect

The capacity to do work correct incorrect

An action capable of accelerating an object correct incorrect

The transfer of energy by mechanical means correct incorrect

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. A newton is the unit associated with which derived dimension?

Force correct incorrect

Work correct incorrect

Power correct incorrect

Pressure correct incorrect

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. Which location is the coldest?

Tropopause correct incorrect

Stratopause correct incorrect

Mesopause correct incorrect

The peak of Mount Everest correct incorrect

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. Which of the following lists the layers of the atmosphere in order from lowest to highest?

Mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere correct incorrect

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere correct incorrect

Thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere correct incorrect

Troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere correct incorrect

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. Where would you find an inversion?

Between the Earth's surface and the tropopause correct incorrect

Between 20 km above the Earth's surface and the stratopause correct incorrect

Between the stratopause and the mesopause correct incorrect

At the mesopause correct incorrect

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. Why is there warming in the middle portion of the stratosphere?

There is little moisture resulting in a lack of evaporative cooling. correct incorrect

Solar radiation is reflected by volcanic ash. correct incorrect

Air molecules there absorb heat radiated from Earth's surface. correct incorrect

Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun. correct incorrect

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. Atmospheric science is divided into two subdisciplines: meteorology and climatology.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The ice-albedo feedback effect is an example of negative feedback.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. A scientific theory provides a description of how nature works.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Air pressure always decreases with height.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The height of the tropopause varies by latitude.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect