3. Regents Review: Climate + Weather

​3. REGENTS REVIEW: Climate + Weather

Multiple Choice

8 Most ozone is found in a region of Earth’s atmosphere between 10 and 20 miles above Earth’s surface. This temperature zone of the atmosphere is known as the

• (1) thermosphere

• (2) mesosphere

• (3) stratosphere

• (4) troposphere

Multiple Choice

10 What is the dewpoint if the dry-bulb temperature is 18°C and the relative humidity is 64%?

• (1) 14°C

• (2) 11°C

• (3) 9°C

• (4) 4°C

Multiple Choice

11 When one gram of liquid water at its boiling point is changed into water vapor

• (1) 334 J/g is gained from the surrounding environment

• (2) 334 J/g is released into the surrounding environment

• (3) 2260 J/g is gained from the surrounding environment

• (4) 2260 J/g is released into the surrounding environment

Multiple Choice

12. The cross section below represents some processes of the water cycle. Arrows represent the infiltration of water. The dashed line labeled X represents the uppermost level of Earth material that is saturated by groundwater.

• (1) watershed

• (2) water table

• (3) impermeable bedrock

• (4) impermeable soil

Multiple Choice

14 The three diagrams below represent three frontal boundaries with the surface locations of the fronts labeled A, B, and C. Arrows indicate direction of air movement.

Which table correctly matches each letter with the type of frontal boundary it represents?

​Cold Front

Warm Front

Stationary Front

Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

16 The cross section below represents prevailing winds, shown by arrows, moving over a coastal mountain range. Letters A through D represent locations on Earth’s surface.

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Which location would most likely have cloud cover and precipitation?

• (1) A

• (2) B

• (3) C

• (4) D

Multiple Choice

17 Which Earth surface would most likely absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day if all of these surfaces have equal areas?

• (1) blacktop parking lot

• (2) white sand beach

• (3) surface of a calm lake

• (4) snow covered mountain slope

Multiple Choice

18 Most of the infrared radiation given off by Earth’s surface is absorbed in Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and

• (1) hydrogen

• (2) nitrogen

• (3) oxygen

• (4) methane

Multiple Choice

20 A climate event that occurs when surface water in the eastern equatorial area of the Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than normal and may cause a warm, dry winter in New York State is

• (1) an air mass formation

• (2) the Doppler effect 

• (3) an El Nino

• (4) a monsoon

Multiple Choice

Base your answers to questions 42 through 44 on the map below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The map shows a composite of Doppler radar images. Darker shadings indicate the precipitation pattern of a large storm system over the eastern United States.

42 The surface wind circulation pattern around the center of this storm system is

• (1) inward and clockwise

• (2) inward and counterclockwise 

• (3) outward and clockwise

• (4) outward and counterclockwise

Multiple Choice

43 The best evidence on a weather map to indicate high-speed winds near the center of this storm system would most likely be

• (1) cloud cover of 100%

• (2) type of precipitation 

• (3) temperature and dewpoint values

• (4) isobars drawn close together

Multiple Choice

44 As this storm system follows a normal storm track, it will most likely move toward the

     

•    (1) southeast

• (2) southwest

• (3) northeast

• (4) northwest

Dropdown

Describe the change in air pressure that will most likely occur at Rochester by the time that the cold front has reached Syracuse. Then describe what will most likely happen to the amount of cloud cover in Rochester with this change in air pressure and location of the cold front. [1]

Change in air pressure: ​

Select answer

Amount of cloud cover: ​

Select answer

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55 The station model below represents the weather conditions at Buffalo, New York, at the time that this map was prepared.

Temperature:

$\degree F$

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55 The station model below represents the weather conditions at Buffalo, New York, at the time that this map was prepared.

Barometric Pressure:

mb

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55 The station model below represents the weather conditions at Buffalo, New York, at the time that this map was prepared.

Wind Speed:

knots

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56 State the relative humidity at Albany when the air temperature is equal to the dewpoint. [1]

%

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57 Identify the name of the weather instrument used to measure the wind speed at Plattsburgh. [1]

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75 Identify the planetary wind belt that primarily influences the climates of both Hastings and Riverhead. [1]

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76 Name the ocean current that most likely has the greatest effect on the climate of Riverhead. [1]