Geography Quiz 21

This is a timed quiz. You will be given 15 seconds per question. Are you ready?

What place experiences the greatest seasonal variability in temperature?

Central Canada

Costa Rica, Central America

The North Atlantic Ocean

none

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The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth is called the

stratosphere

an troposphere

a cloud layer

none

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At a constant pressure, hot air than cold air

is more dense

is less dense

has more vapor

all of the above

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Refrigerators releases

greenhouse gases

x rays

gamma rays

all of these

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Why are there winds?

Because of temperature differences

Because air flows along isobars

Because air flows down-hill

none of these

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Certain gases in the atmosphere: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, help maintain the Earths temperatures and climate.

solar gases

ozone gases

stomach gases

greenhouse gases

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Full form of CFCs:

chloroflouridecarbonate

Chlorofluorocarbons

chloroflourochromate

none

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If Earth had no greenhouse gases, the planet would be ?

Too hot to support life

Cooler but still able to support life

Too cold to support complex life

none

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Geography Quiz 21

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