Unit 7-9 Regents Review

Which symbol would be used to identify an air mass originating in central Canada?

• cP

• mT

• cT

• mP

An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico, moving north into New York State, has a high relative humidity. What other characteristics will it probably have?

• cool temperatures and high pressure

• cool temperatures and low pressure

• warm temperatures and high pressure

• warm temperatures and low pressure

Which one of the following statements best explains why climates at continental shorelines generally have a smaller yearly temperature range than inland climates at the same latitude?

• Land changes temperature rapidly, due to the high specific heat and lack of transparency of land.

• Ocean water changes temperature slowly, due to the high specific heat and transparency of water

• Ocean water is a good absorber and a good conductor of heat energy.

• Land is a poor absorber and a poor conductor of heat energy.

Which graph best shows the general effect that differences in elevation above sea level have on the average annual temperature?

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Compared to the climate at location A, the climate at location B will be

• warmer and drier

• cooler and drier

• warmer and wetter

• cooler and wetter

According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, at which of these latitudes would average annual precipitation be greatest?

• 90^oS

• 90^oN

• 30^oN

• 0^o

Which current is a cool ocean current that flows completely around Earth?

• North Equatorial Current

• California Current

• Antarctic Circumpolar Current

• Gulf Stream

Which property is most nearly the same for the two samples?

• porosity

• water retention

• infiltration rate

• capillarity

When water was poured into the top of each tube at the same time, which tube allowed the water to pass through most quickly?

• A

• B

• C

• D

During a rainstorm, when is surface runoff least likely to occur?

• when the pore spaces of the ground are saturated with water

• when the rainfall rate exceeds the permeability rate of the soil

• when the slope of the surface is too great for infiltration to occur

• when the permeability rate of the soil equals the rainfall rate