Assessment on Weather and Universe

According to the chart on characteristics of stars, Procyon B is classified as

•       blue supergiant star with a temperature of approximately 10,000*K and a luminosity of 700,000

•     a white dwarf star with a temperature of approximately 9,000*K and a luminosity of 0.003

•   a main sequence star with a temperature of approximately 6,000*K and a luminosity of 1

•      a main sequence star with a temperature of approximately 4,000*K and a luminosity of 100

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Use the graphs to answer the relationship between Orbital Velocity (m/s) and mean distance from Sun.

What is the relationship between a planet’s distance from the Sun and its period of revolution (Speed) around the Sun?

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Based on the diagram, which two planets have diameters that most

closely resemble this comparison.

• Uranus and Saturn

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Earth and Mars

• Earth and Venus

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During which phase change will two grams of

water release 668 joules of heat energy?

• vaporization                 

• condensation

• freezing

• melting

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Clouds are formed when moist, rising air

• contracts and cools, and water vapor condenses

• contracts and warms, and water evaporates

• expands and warms, and water evaporates

• expands and cools, and water vapor condenses

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Base your answers to the question on the weather map below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The weather map shows a low-pressure system over New York State on a July day. The L represents the center of the low, and two fronts extend from this center. Locations of some cities are indicated.

If the center of the low-pressure system follows a normal storm track, toward which city would the center of this low most likely move.

• Buffalo  

• Plattsburgh

• Elmira

• New York City

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Base your answers to the question on the weather map below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The weather map shows a low-pressure system over New York State on a July day. The L represents the center of the low, and two fronts extend from this center. Locations of some cities are indicated.

.   Severe weather was occurring in Elmira, New York. Which present weather symbol was most likely recorded on the station model for Elmira?

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The theory that the universe is expanding is

supported by data from the

• nuclear decay of radioactive materials

• nuclear fusion of radioactive materials

• red shift of light from distant galaxies

• blue shift of light from distant galaxies

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The map of North America below shows the

source region of an air mass forming mostly over

This air mass originating over Canada is

classified as

• continental polar                            

• continental tropical                       

• maritime polar

• maritime tropical

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Which cross section best represents how surface winds form by midafternoon near a shoreline on a hot summer day? [Diagrams are not drawn to scale.]

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