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ESRT Regents Review #2
Test Description: ESRT Regents Review Part 2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What provides evidence for the Big Bang Theory?
A
Background microwave radiation in space
B
Blue shift
C
Red shift
D
Changing constellations
2) When do planets have the greatest orbital velocity?
A
The velocity doesn't change
B
When they are farthest from the Sun
C
When they are closest to the Sun
D
Planets do not move
3) Which of the following planets is terrestrial?
A
Neptune
B
Jupiter
C
Earth
D
Uranus
4) Which of the following planets is considered Jovian (gas giant)?
A
Saturn
B
Earth
C
Venus
D
Mercury
5) What latitude gets the most direct insolation on the Summer Solstice (June 21st)?
A
North Pole (90)
B
Tropic of Cancer (23.5 North)
C
Equator (0)
D
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 South)
6) What latitude gets the most direct insolation on the Winter Solstice (December 21st)?
A
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 South)
B
Tropic of Cancer (23.5 North)
C
North Pole (90)
D
Equator (0)
7) Can the Sun ever be directly overhead a person in Syracuse, New York?
A
No
B
Yes
C
IDK
D
Where is Syracuse?
8) Why does the Equator have a high average temperature?
A
Longer duration of insolation
B
It's tropical
C
Closer to the Sun
D
Has a high angle of insolation
9) Higher elevations mean what kind of temperatures?
A
Cooler
B
No change
C
Drier
D
Warmer
10) What are the characteristics of a windward side of a mountain?
A
Warm and wet
B
Warm and dry
C
Cold and dry
D
Cold and wet
11) What are the characteristics of the leeward side of the mountain?
A
Cold and dry
B
Warm and dry
C
Warm and wet
D
Cold and wet
12) What does a barometer measure?
A
Air pressure
B
Rainfall
C
Humidity
D
Temperature
13) What does a psychrometer measure?
A
Humidity
B
Wind speed
C
Temperature
D
Pressure
14) What is transpiration?
A
Evaporation from the ocean
B
Evaporation from trees
C
Evaporation from people
D
Evaporation from rocks
15) A dry bulb has a temperature of 15 and a wet bulb has a temperature of 10, what's the dew point?
A
10
B
6
C
2
D
9
16) Dry Bulb of 12 and wet bulb of 8, what's the relative humidity?
A
100%
B
62%
C
57%
D
34%
17) The dew point and temperature are the same, what is the relative humidity?
A
10%
B
100%
C
50%
D
0%
18) How would you write a barometric pressure of 1004.0 mb on a station model?
A
040
B
400
C
000
D
40
19) Expand the barometric pressure 196
A
1.96 mb
B
101.9 mb
C
1019.6 mb
D
196.0 mb
20) What does RACE stand for?
A
Sinking air warms and compresses
B
Rising air cools and compresses
C
Sinking air warms and expands
D
Rising air cools and expands
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