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ESRT Regents Review #3
Test Description: Third in a series of NYS Earth Science Regents Review questions
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does SAWC stand for?
A
Sinking air warms and expands
B
Rising air warms and compresses
C
Rising air warms and expands
D
Sinking air warms and compresses
2) How do the winds blow in a low pressure system?
A
Clockwise and inward
B
Clockwise and outward
C
Counterclockwise and inward
D
Counterclockwise and outward
3) How do the winds in a high pressure system blow?
A
Counterclockwise and outward
B
Counterclockwise and inward
C
Clockwise and outward
D
Clockwise and inward
4) What causes wind?
A
Differences in air pressure
B
The ocean tides
C
Insolation from the sun
D
Changing seasons
5) Winds always blow from....
A
Left to right
B
North to south
C
Low to high
D
High to low
6) What happens when dew point is reached?
A
It begins to snow
B
Sun is shining
C
Precipitation happens
D
Clouds form
7) How are an air masses properties determine?
A
By its moisture content
B
By forming over the ocean
C
Air masses do not have properties
D
By its source region (area in which it formed)
8) Where does precipitation happen?
A
Behind the front
B
At the frontal boundary
C
Wherever it wants
D
In the middle of the front
9) What docontour lines connect?
A
Points of equal pressure
B
Points of equal temperature
C
Points of equal elevation
D
Points of equal latitude
10) What do isobars connect?
A
Points of equal elevation
B
Points of equal latitude
C
Points of equal temperature
D
Points of equal pressure
11) What is the most likely source region for a cP air mass that is currently over the United States?
A
Japan
B
California
C
Gulf of Mexico
D
Northern Canada
12) What is the most likely source region for an mT air mass in the United States?
A
Equator
B
Northern Canda
C
California
D
Gulf of Mexico
13) What is the key word for convection?
A
Differences in density
B
Smell
C
Requires no medium
D
Touch
14) What is the key phrase for radiation?
A
Touch
B
Differences in density
C
Insolation
D
Requires no medium
15) What is the major force behind weathering, erosion and deposition?
A
Wind
B
Running water
C
Ice
D
Gravity
16) What climate is best suited for chemical weathering?
A
Cold and wet
B
Cold and dry
C
Hot and dry
D
Hot and wet
17) What factors are required for frost action to occur?
A
Alternating freezing and warming temperatures with a moist climate
B
Freezing temperatures, moist climate
C
Hot temperatures, wet climate
D
Hot temperatures, dry climate
18) Why do smaller rocks weather faster?
A
More surface area
B
More density
C
Less surface area
D
Less density
19) What force is required for mass movement?
A
Wind
B
Glaciers
C
Gravity
D
Running water
20) Whats the most comment agent of erosion?
A
Gravity
B
Wind
C
Running water
D
Glaciers
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