Principles of Environmental Science

William P. Cunningham, University of Minnesota
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College

Air: Climate and Pollution

Multiple Choice Quiz


1	Which of the following is NOT one of the four layers of the earth's atmosphere?
		A)	stratosphere
		B)	megasphere
		C)	thermosphere
		D)	troposphere
		E)	none of the above


2	Energy stored in water vapor is
		A)	called latent heat.
		B)	released when the vapor condenses to liquid form.
		C)	lost to the upper atmosphere.
		D)	the cause of acid rain.
		E)	a and b are correct


3	What is the name of the weather pattern that is marked by a shifting of large warm pools in the Pacific Ocean causing wind and rain patterns to change?
		A)	El Nino
		B)	Milankovitch Cycles
		C)	Jet Streams
		D)	Monsoons


4	Which compound(s) combines with the atmosphere to form acid rain?
		A)	ozone
		B)	sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
		C)	CFC's
		D)	all of the above


5	Temperature inversions, heat islands, and dust domes are the result of
		A)	El Nino.
		B)	ozone depletion.
		C)	urban pollution.
		D)	acid rain.


6	A reduction in trout and salmon, loss of spruce-fir forests, and the degradation of monuments and statues are caused by
		A)	ozone depletion.
		B)	smog.
		C)	thermal pollution.
		D)	none of the above.

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