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