35. 47. High pressure is cool and dry; low is warm and wet!
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37. 50. Wind is named from the direction it is coming!
38. 52. The closer the air temperature and dew point temperature the greater the chance of precipitation (increased humidity).
39. 53. Weather moves from West to East in the United States.
40. 54. Cold Front 57. Cold fronts move the fastest! Cold fronts force warm air up and are associated with short narrow bands of heavy precipitation and thunder/lightning in advance of the front!
41. 55. Warm Front Warm fronts ride up the back of cold air and produce longer periods of steady rain and occur both in front of and behind the advancing front.
74. 99. Be familiar with this chart: 16 hours (longest daylight) 71.5 o Rises N. of east + sets N. of west Tropic of Cancer (23 1/2 o N) June 21 (Summer Solstice) 12 hours 48 o Due east + Due west Equator March 21 (Vernal Equinox) 8 hours (shortest daylight) 24.5 o Rises S. of east + sets S. of West Tropic of Capricorn (23 ½ o S) Dec. 21 (Winter Solstice) 12 hours 48 o Due east + Due west Equator Sept 21 (Autumnal Equinox) Length of Daylight Altitude of noon sun Direction of sunrise and sunset Lat. of Sun’s direct rays Date
75. 97. When a rock is broken into smaller pieces, surface area increases and weathering increases.
79. 104. Read introductory paragraphs and study diagrams before looking at questions. Look for helpful key words like always, never, none, except, most, least . Underline or hi-light key words!!
80. 105. Draw diagrams to help you visualize the questions being asked – where possible!
81. 106. Use a straight-edge to read graphics, to mark points on a graph and to measure distances.
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83. 108. Don’t leave any questions blank! Mark an answer for every question. You may lose credit by guessing incorrectly, but an unanswered question will cost you credit automatically.
84. Try to supply your own answer to a multiple choice question before you look at the alternatives. Then choose the response closest to your own answer.
85. If all else fails and you have to guess an answer, then and only then consider this advice: If two choices are very similar choose neither. If two choices are opposite, choose one of them. The most general alternative is frequently the right answer. Don't change your original answer unless you're completely sure it's wrong.
86. 111. Ask yourself: Is it in the reference tables, or can the reference tables help me?
87. 112. Check your test a second time, but only change an answer if you find an obvious mistake. Your first choice is usually correct!
88. 113. Look up formulas, even if you think you know them. Substitute information from the question into the formula (Front page of ESRT).
89. 114. Skip over hard questions that are stumping you. Go back to them later. Something else in the test may give you a clue to the harder problems.
