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What provides evidence for the Big Bang Theory?
a) Changing constellations
b) Background microwave radiation in space
c) Red shift
d) Blue shift

When do planets have the greatest orbital velocity?
a) When they are closest to the Sun
b) When they are farthest from the Sun
c) The velocity doesn't change
d) Planets do not move

Which of the following planets is terrestrial?
a) Jupiter
b) Uranus
c) Earth
d) Neptune

Which of the following planets is considered Jovian (gas giant)?
a) Saturn
b) Earth
c) Mercury
d) Venus

What latitude gets the most direct insolation on the Summer Solstice (June 21st)?
a) Tropic of Cancer (23.5 North)
b) Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 South)
c) Equator (0)
d) North Pole (90)

What latitude gets the most direct insolation on the Winter Solstice (December 21st)?
a) Tropic of Cancer (23.5 North)
b) Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 South)
c) Equator (0)
d) North Pole (90)

Can the Sun ever be directly overhead a person in Syracuse, New York?
a) Yes
b) No
c) IDK
d) Where is Syracuse?

Why does the Equator have a high average temperature?
a) It's tropical
b) Has a high angle of insolation
c) Closer to the Sun
d) Longer duration of insolation

Higher elevations mean what kind of temperatures?
a) Cooler
b) Warmer
c) No change
d) Drier

What are the characteristics of a windward side of a mountain?
a) Cold and dry
b) Warm and wet
c) Warm and dry
d) Cold and wet

What are the characteristics of the leeward side of the mountain?
a) Cold and wet
b) Warm and dry
c) Warm and wet
d) Cold and dry

What does a barometer measure?
a) Temperature
b) Air pressure
c) Humidity
d) Rainfall

What does a psychrometer measure?
a) Temperature
b) Pressure
c) Humidity
d) Wind speed

What is transpiration?
a) Evaporation from trees
b) Evaporation from people
c) Evaporation from rocks
d) Evaporation from the ocean

A dry bulb has a temperature of 15 and a wet bulb has a temperature of 10, what's the dew point?
a) 2
b) 9
c) 6
d) 10

Dry Bulb of 12 and wet bulb of 8, what's the relative humidity?
a) 57%
b) 62%
c) 34%
d) 100%

The dew point and temperature are the same, what is the relative humidity?
a) 0%
b) 10%
c) 50%
d) 100%

How would you write a barometric pressure of 1004.0 mb on a station model?
a) 040
b) 400
c) 40
d) 000

Expand the barometric pressure 196
a) 196.0 mb
b) 1019.6 mb
c) 1.96 mb
d) 101.9 mb

What does RACE stand for?
a) Rising air cools and compresses
b) Rising air cools and expands
c) Sinking air warms and compresses
d) Sinking air warms and expands

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