Regents Review Session #1 Practice Questions/Terms 2023

The altitude of Polaris is always based on

• the latitude of the observer

• the rotation of the Earth

• wherever it is nighttime on Earth

• how fast the Earth moves around the Sun

Water vapor is released through the leaves of plants in a process known as

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• photosynthesis

Which group includes the terrestrial planets?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

• Earth, Mars, Neptune, Uranus

What are terrestrial planets?

• planets that are mostly made of rock

• planets that are mostly made of gas

• planets that are a combination of gas, liquid and rock

• the planet that ET came from

Which group includes the Jovian planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

What are Jovian planets?

• Planets made mostly out of gas

• Planets that are made mostly of rock

• Planets that are farther away from the Sun than Jupiter

• Planets that are closer to the Sun than Jupiter

The type of heat transfer that takes place in gases or liquids where heat rises and cold sinks due to density differences.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

The type of heat transfer that exists between the Sun and Earth.

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

The transfer of heat between two objects that are NOT in contact with each other

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

The type of heat transfer that makes a spoon get hot when you place it into a mug of hot liquid

• conduction

• convection

• radiation