Earth Science Regents Review #2

Which characteristics best describe the star
Betelgeuse?

• reddish orange with low luminosity and high
  surface temperature
• reddish orange with high luminosity and low
  surface temperature
• blue white with low luminosity and low surface
  temperature
• blue white with high luminosity and high
  surface temperature

Which motion occurs at a rate of approximately
one degree per day?

• the Moon revolving around Earth
•  the Moon rotating on its axis
• Earth revolving around the Sun
• Earth rotating on its axis

If the tilt of Earth’s axis were increased from
23.5° to 30°, summers in New York State would
become

• cooler, and winters would become cooler
• cooler, and winters would become warmer
• warmer, and winters would become cooler
• warmer, and winters would become warm

Which object in space emits light because it
releases energy produced by nuclear fusion?

• Earth’s Moon
• Halley’s comet
• Venus
• Polaris

Since Denver’s longitude is 105° W and Utica’s
longitude is 75° W, sunrise in Denver occurs
(1) 2 hours earlier (3) 3 hours earlier
(2) 2 hours later (4) 3 hours later

• 2 hours earlier
• 2 hours later
• 3 hours earlier
• 3 hours later

A major piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang
theory is the observation that wavelengths of
light from stars in distant galaxies show a

• redshift, appearing to be shorter
• redshift, appearing to be longer
• blueshift, appearing to be shorter
• blueshift, appearing to be longer

During the month of January, at which location
in New York State is the Sun lowest in the sky at
solar noon?

• Massena
• Niagara Falls
• Utica
• New York City

Which process releases 2260 joules of heat
energy per gram of water into the environment?

• melting
• freezing
• condensation
• evaporation

When snow cover on the land melts, the water
will most likely become surface runoff if the
land surface is

• frozen
• porous
• grass covered
• unconsolidated gravel

Which area is the most common source region
for cold, dry air masses that move over New York
State?

• North Atlantic Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico
• central Canada
• central Mexico