Earth Science Regents Review #1

Question 1

Analysis of which type of information made this model of Earth's interior possible?

Accepted Answer

seismic waves

Question 2

What is a possible elevation for point A?

Accepted Answer

655 meters

Question 3

How long does it take an s-wave to travel 7600km?

Accepted Answer

20 mins

Question 4

What caused the interior of Earth to separate into layers?

Accepted Answer

the gravitational pull on materials of varying density

Question 5

Which texture best describes an igneous rock formed deep underground?

Accepted Answer

coarse grained

Question 6

The temperature & pressure of Earth's interior at a depth of 3,000 km are

Accepted Answer

5000°C & 1.5 million atmospheres

Question 7

A paved parking lot replaced a soil-covered field. The area now has increased runoff because

Accepted Answer

the parking lot has less permeability

Question 8

Which steps in the water cycle return water directly to the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

evaporation & transpiration

Question 9

What is the time difference for p & s-waves 8000 km from the epicenter?

Accepted Answer

9 mins 20 secs

Question 10

Which element in both biotite & muscovite mica makes up the the greatest volume of the crust?

Accepted Answer

oxygen

Question 11

Obsidian's glassy texture indicates that it formed

Accepted Answer

quickly, on Earth's surface

Question 12

Which soil characteristic allows for greater amounts of water retention?

Accepted Answer

small-sized particles

Question 13

The Gulf Stream & North Atlantic Current modify the climate of Europe making it

Accepted Answer

warmer & more humid

Question 14

Which factor is responsible for lower average yearly temps at location A?

Accepted Answer

latitude

Question 15

The curving of planetary winds & ocean currents is evidence of

Accepted Answer

the Coriolis effect

Question 16

What is the barometric pressure?

Accepted Answer

1009.6 mb

Question 17

Which mineral will scratch fluorite, galena & pyroxene?

Accepted Answer

olivine

Question 18

The longest part of the Genesee River of N.Y.S. flows across which landscape region?

Accepted Answer

Allegheny Plateau

Question 19

At which letter on the time line did the Ediacaran fauna exist?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 20

Which mineral would be rounded fastest by tumbling in a river?

Accepted Answer

selenite gypsum

Question 21

Carbon dioxide & methane in the atmosphere contribute to global warming because they absorb

Accepted Answer

infrared radiation

Question 22

What is the % oxygen by volume in Earth's lower atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

21%

Question 23

Which sediment will be carried farthest from the shore as a stream enters a lake

Accepted Answer

clay

Question 24

The first day of winter for a city at 40°S is June 21st. When will the coldest temps occur?

Accepted Answer

July

Question 25

At which location is quartzite most likely found?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 26

Which agent of erosion formed the drumlins & Finger Lakes of New York State?

Accepted Answer

moving ice

Question 27

A plane flying in a straight line from Watertown to Utica would fly over the

Accepted Answer

Tug Hill Plateau

Question 28

Which geologic event occurred in N.Y.S. at the end of the Triassic?

Accepted Answer

intrusion of the Palisades sill

Question 29

Which surface feature was produced at a transform plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

San Andreas Fault

Question 30

Which location has the warmest, most arid climate?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 31

Which plate tectonic events occurred as the Iapetus Ocean closed?

Accepted Answer

Taconian orogeny & Acadian orogeny

Question 32

What controls the direction of most surface ocean currents?

Accepted Answer

prevailing winds

Question 33

In which general direction does Flint Creek flow?

Accepted Answer

northeast

Question 34

Which gas was added to the atmosphere 2.2 billion years ago by oceanic life-forms?

Accepted Answer

oxygen

Question 35

Which is used to determine the age of fossil bones in sediments of the Holocene epoch?

Accepted Answer

carbon-14

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