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Regents Review ESRT Walk
Regents Review ESRT Walk
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Earth Science review using the ESRT
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1
What type of plate boundary is located north of the Hawaii hotspot?
Convergent
Complex or uncertain
Transform
Divergent
2
What hotspot is located around the same latitude as the Tropic of Cancer?
Galapagos
Bouvet
Hawaii
Iceland
3
The North Pacific current is...
Warm
Cold
4
At what temperature does water boil?
68 degrees F
206 degrees F
32 degrees F
212 degrees F
5
How much oxygen is in the troposphere (percent by volume)?
78%
1%
21%
94.04%
6
If the water from that current evaporated, how much energy would that take?
4.18 J/gC
334 J/g
Where are these numbers coming from?
2260 J/g
7
If the water vapor rises to 2 miles above sea level, what layer of the atmosphere is it in?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
8
Why is it such a gneiss rock?
The glassy texture!
The vesicles!
The banding!
The fossils!
9
How much nitrogen is in the troposphere (percent by volume)?
78%
There is nitrogen in the troposphere?
1%
21%
10
What is the specific heat of the water in the North Pacific current?
0.13 J/gC
2.11 J/gC
2.00 J/gC
4.18 J/gC
11
What ocean current is located NORTH of the Hawaii hotspot?
California C.
Kuroshio C.
North Equatorial C.
North Pacific C.
12
Would you rather be able to see things that are very far away or be able to see things very close up?
Very close up!
Very far away!
13
If granite were put under extreme heat and/or pressure, it would turn into a(n)...
Metamorphic rock
Hard rock
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
14
Which foliated metamorphic rock has endured the most heat and pressure?
Phyllite
Schist (you watch your mouth)
Slate
Gneiss
15
Which of these minerals has oxygen (O) in it?
Galena
Quartz
Sulfur
Graphite
16
Which of these rocks has quartz in it?
Granite
Basalt
Marble
Limestone
