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Regents Earth Science Test Review
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As you travel in NY, Polaris gets lower and time difference between GMT is decreasing. What direction are you going?
North East
South West
North West
South East
2
You travel directly North in the Outback of Australia. What happens to latitude and longitude?
Lat. stays the same and Long. increases
They both increase
Lat decreases and Long. stays the same
They both decrease
3
What originally brought the dust and gas together to form our solar system?
Nuclear fusion
Centrifigal Forces
Gravity
Inertia
4
Where would an object's weight be the most?
At the equator
In the Middle School
At the South Pole
In Florida
5
What is the same for everyone at the same latitude?
Time of Sunset
Altitude of Polaris above the horizon
Political Affiliation
Time of Day
6
How does a Lunar Eclipse provide evidence of Earth's Shape
Earth's shadow is always curved
Moon's shadow is always curved
Moon blocks the Sun's light at an angle
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What is true if you notice the altitude of Polaris decreasing as you travel?
You are going South in the Southern Hemisphere
You are going North in the Northern Hemisphere
You are going North in the SouthernHemisphere
You are going South in the Northern Hemisphere
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An oblate spheroid is . . .
shaped like a pear
bulging at poles, flattened at equator
shaped like an apple
flattened at the poles, bulging at equator
9
What is true about two cities on the same Longitude?
They have the same weather
Climates are the same
They see Polaris at teh same altitude
They have the same time of day
10
You call a person who lives 30 degrees East of you. There time is. . .
2 hours later
the same as yours
2 hours earlier
exponentially increasing
11
You climb the highest point in NY and notice that Polaris is 44 degrees above the horizon. Where are you?
Enjoying the camping on Slide Mountain
At Cornell University in Ithaca
Listening to the roar of Niagara Falls
On the South side of Mt. Marcy
12
What is the best evidence of Earth's shape?
Earth's shadow on the moon
Polaris changing altitude based on your latitude
Ships appearing on the horizon
Photos from space
13
How many Time Zones exist on the Earth?
15
24
12
180
14
How did Free Oxygen enter the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis from Cyanobacteria and Sunlight
Evaporation of seawater
By comets impacting the Earth
It escaped from volcanic activity
15
When the earth is shrunken down to the size of a marble it appears to be
flattened at the equator
flattened at the poles
perfectly smooth
bumpy
16
The name of the Seal that almost made it back to the sea is
Lunch
Sandwich
Snuffy
Yummy
17
The oblate spheroid shape of the Earth is due to. . .
Earth's unequal gravity
Too many tacos
Earth's revolution
Earth's rotation
18
Your sailboat in the Pacific is in the
S.
Equatorial Current
. The altitude of Polaris _______ and Longitude _______
Increases, stays the same
Stays the same, increases
decreases, stays the same
Stays the same, decreases
19
You call a cousin at USC-Berkeley which is 45
0
West of our location at 7am your time. They say
Egads! The Sun is Not even up yet!
Hey Bro! I need to go to my 7:30 Physics class in 30 mins.
Who calls! Snapchat is how we roll here on the West Coast?
Call me back at Noon in 2 hours
20
Which object most closely resembles the Earth's true shape?
ping pong ball
spongebob
football
egg
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Lines of Latitude run
East-West and measure pts. North & South of the Equator
North-South & measure pts. East & West of Prime meridian
North-South & measure pts. North & South of Prime meridian
East-West and measure pts. North of the Equator
22
Robert states that he is at 50.25 degrees above the Equator. How else should this be written?
50 degrees 15 minutes North
50 degrees 30 minutes North
50 degrees 15 minutes South
50 Degrees 7 minutes 30 seconds North
23
All lines of Longitude . .
Meet at the poles and are called meridians
Are the same distance apart and called meridians
Are different distance apart and are called parallels
Meet at the poles and are called parallels
24
How does a ship provide evidence of the Earth's shape?
The top is seen first and last
It can float on water
It pops up all at once on the horizon
The entire front is seen first as it approaches
25
Why are time zones 15 degrees wide?
The Earth rotates 15 degrees per hour
The Sun rotates around Earth 15 degrees per hour
It is divisible by 360
Why not?
