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Earth Science Regents Review Part 1
Earth Science Regents Review Part 1
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1
Which Type of Rock Can Contain Fossils?
Pebbles
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
2
Which Element is NOT Common In The Earth's Core?
Iron
Magnesium
Nickel
3
What Do The Latitude Lines Measure?
How Far East Or West You Are From The Prime Meridian
The Distance From The Sun
Inches
How Far North Or South You Are From The Equator
4
Which Is NOT A Characteristic of Stream Sediments?
Smooth
Rounded
U-Shaped Valley
Sorted
5
Which Is The MOST IMPORTANT Agent Of Erosion?
Glacial Movement
Water
Mass Movement
Wind
6
As Seen From The North Pole, In What Direction Does Earth Rotate?
Clockwise
Earth Doesn't Rotate Because It Is Flat
Clockwise, Then CounterClockwise
Counterclockwise
7
Which Is NOT A Characteristic Of The Summer Solstice?
It Is On June 21
Sun Rises North of East
It Has 16 Hours Of Daylight
Sun Directly Overhead at Noon At The Equator
8
In What Compass Direction Do All Celestial Bodies Appear To Be Moving?
North
South
West
East
9
Why Do The Plates Move?
The Sun's Rays
Convection Currents In The Astenosphere
Earthquakes
Gravity
10
Which Is NOT A Characteristic Of A Mafic Rock?
Light Color
Dark Color
High Density
11
In What Climate Is Chemical Weathering Most Likely To Occur?
Warm And Dry
Cool And Dry
Warm And Wet
Cool And Wet
12
In A Stream Meander, Erosion is Greatest on the _____________ Of A Stream
Inside
Outside
13
How Do You Draw The Top Of Hills and Bottom Of Valleys On A Topographic Profile?
Rounded
Triangular
Cubic
Straight
14
WHAT IS YOUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IN EARTH SCIENCE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Your Pencil
Your Eraser
Your Paper
ESRT
15
Which Of The Following Minerals Is A Silicate?
Hematite
Amphibole
Dolomite
Pyrite
16
ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THE REGENTS?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?
No Way
YES
Not Yet, This is Only Part 1!
Probably Not
17
Why Are The Times Zones Separated By 15° Of Longitude
Because They Feel Like It
Because Of The Earth's Revolution Around The Sun
Because 15 Is A Good Number
Because Of The Earth's Rotation On It's Axis
18
If The Elevation next to Depression is 20 Ft, What is the Elevation Of the first tick Mark?
10 Ft
40 Ft
30 Ft
20 Ft
19
During Which Season Is Earth Closest to The Sun?
Summer
Winter
Spring
Fall
20
How Are Sediments Sorted In A Delta?
Vertically
Horizontally
21
Which Type Of Rock Can Have Bands?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sandstone
22
How Do Sedimentary Rocks Form?
Weathering
Cooling Of Magma
Compaction And Cementation Of Sediments
Metamorphism
23
Where Are Most Earthquakes and Volcanoes Located?
In the Center Of A Plate
On Plate Boundarys
On Hot Spots
Everywhere
24
True Or False:If The Earth Was Not Tilted, There Would Be No Seasons
True
False
25
Do Contour Line Point Down Or Upstream?
Downstream
Upstream
26
What Do Longitude Lines Measure?
How Far East Or West You Are From The Prime Meridian
Cenimeters
Distance From The Moon
How Far North Or South You Are From The Equator
27
What Does A Set of circles Inside of Another Circle Represent On a Topographic Map?
A Depression
A Mountain
A Hill
A Cliff
28
Which Is NOT A process That Can Create Soil?
Weathering
Biological Activity
Precipitation
29
True Or False: Revolution DOES NOT Cause Different Constellations To Be Visable
True
False
30
In What Compass Direction Would You Look To Find Polaris?
North
East
West
South
31
As Temperature Increases, Density...
Decreases
Increases
Stays the Same
32
As The Distance Between Isolines Decreases, The Gradient...
Increases
Decreases
Stays The Same
33
What Is The Driving Force Behind Erosion?
The Sun
Water
Gravity
The Moon
34
Most Changes In the Environment are What?
Sparatic
Non-Existant
Cyclic
Random
35
What Does The Internal Arrangement Of Atoms NOT Determine about a Minerals Properties?
Color
Luster
Hardness
Density
36
Which Type Of Plate Boundary Can Create a Trench?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
37
Which Type Of Rock Can Have Crystals?
Sedimentary
Boulders
Metamorphic
Igneous
38
What Does The Best Model of The Earth Look Like?
Flat
Oblate Spheroid
Sphere
Cube
39
Which Is NOT A Characteristic Of A S-Wave?
Side-To-Side
Slower
Solids Only
Faster
40
Which Is NOT Evidence of Continental Drift?
Matching Coastlines
Earthquakes
Fossil Correlation
Rock Correlation
41
As Pressure increases, Density...
Stays the Same
Increases
Decrases
42
As Particle Size Increases,Surface Area...
Decreases
Stays The Same
Increases
43
True or False: The Same Substance always has the same Density
False
True
44
Which Is NOT A Characteristic of The Equinoxes?
Equal Day And Night
Sun Directly Overhead at Noon at The Tropic Of Cancer
Is On March 21/September 21
Sun Rises Due East
45
In What Climate Can Frost Action Occur?
Cool And Dry
Cool And Wet
Warm And Wet
Warm And Dry
46
At What Elevation is Sea Level On A Topographic Map?
0
30
1
-10
47
How Does Time Change When Moving East 1 Time Zone?
Time Would Stay The Same
Time Would Increase By 1 Hour
Time Would Decease By 1 Hour
48
Which Is NOT A Characteristic Of Oceanic Crust?
Higher Density
Made Of Basalt
Young Age
Thick
49
As The Altitude Of The Sun Increases, The length of Your Shadow...
Stays The Same
Increases
Decreases
50
Which Is NOT A Characteristic Of The Winter Solstice?
Sun Rises Due East
Sun Directly Overhead at Noon at the Tropic Of Capricorn
Is On December 21
8 Hours Of Daylight
51
Which Type Of Plate Boundary Creates Ridges?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
52
As The Rate Of Igneous Rock Cooling Increases, Crystal Size...
Increases
Decrases
Stays The Same
53
At What Temperature Is Water The Densest?
407°C
0°C
4°C
-273.15°C
54
What Does Water Do When It Freezes?
Rises
Condenses
Evaporate
Expands
55
What Is The Angle Of Polaris Equal To?
Your Latitude
Your Distance From The Sun
Your Longitude
Your Hemisphere
56
What Is The True Shape Of The Earth?
Cube
Sphere
Flat
Oblate Spheroid
57
Which Is NOT A Characteristic Of Glacial Sediments
Sorted
Scratched
U-Shaped Valleys
Unsorted
58
Which Is NOT Evidence Of Earth's Rotation?
Foucault's Pendulum
The Coriolis Effect
The Seismograph
59
How Many Seismic Stations Are Required to Find The Epicenter Of An Earthquake?
1
4
2
3
60
Which Of The Following Does NOT Affect Stream Velocity?
Discharge
Temperature
Slope
61
True Or False: The Sun Can Be Directly Overhead In NYC
False
True
62
The Majority Of Soil In NYC is...
Dry
Transported
Local
Wet
