Earth Science 9 Honors Regents Review

Which motion is responsible for the difference in the constellations visible on these dates?

Sedimentary rock deposited between 488-444 mya are found on the surface at which NYS locations?

What is the relative humidity when the dry-bulb temperature is 4°C and the dewpoint is -4°C?

Equal areas of which surface would absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day?

Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as

what glacial feature could be found on the bedrock that would show the direction the ice moved?

Which indicates where the greatest stream velocity and rate of stream erosion occur?

Compared to the density and composition of the oceanic crust, the continental crust is

Event weakens surface ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean, changing temp. and precip. patterns

Describe the general relationship between particle size and the amount of water retained.

Identify the general compass direction toward which Ames Stream flows.

Which diagram best represents the size and shape of this pebble after placed in a rock tumbler?

If the climate of this region became more humid, the rate of weathering and erosion would

Which represents the positions of Earth and Mars approximately one-half of an Earth year later?

State the number of hours of nighttime that people in Syracuse will experience on March 21.

If a metamorphic rock bubbles when acid is placed on its surface, the rock is most likely

Which graph best shows the general relationship between air pressure and altitude?

Which agent of erosion is mainly responsible for the formation of the Grand Canyon?

Describe one emergency action that should be taken when a tsunami warning has been given.

Identify the type of front shown on the map.

Earth’s interior at a depth of 3500 kilometers is believed to be

Identify radioactive isotope X and its stable disintegration product.

State the altitude of Polaris as seen by an observer on Slide Mountain.

Which process produced the irregularly shaped boundary between the limestone and the shale?

The universe is 13.8 billion yrs old. To the age of the solar system the age of the universe is

Which mineral is commonly used as an abrasive?

This movement occurred along which type of plate boundary?

Which correctly represents a cold front and the air-mass movements associated with this front?

state the relative age of the surface oceanic bedrock at location D as compared with location C

The youngest rock unit shown in the cross section is

Identify greenhouse gases that are inferred to contribute to global warming in Greenland

how many years would it takes or only 25% of radioactive isotope X to remain in a sample

Which shows the relative ages of the gabbro, granite, and schist from oldest to youngest?

This landslide is an example of

How many million kilometers is one astronomical unit?

The heavy monsoon rains affecting India and Southeast Asia occur during

Which dates are represented by months X, Y, and Z in Utica, New York?

largest sediment that can be transported by a stream moving at a velocity of 100 cm/s?

A volcanic ash layer is a good geologic time marker because the ash layer was deposited over a

During which geologic period did plants and animals first appear in land environments?

what is the nuclear process that uses up a star’s core hydrogen to produces the energy

Approximately how many million years ago was the Coconino sandstone deposited as sediment?

Identify the Earth motion that causes the daytime-nighttime boundary to appear to move.

In which temperature zone of Earth’s atmosphere is the polar jet stream located?

Mars reaches its closest distance to Earth approximately every

Which characteristic of the Sun’s apparent daily path stays constant from month X to month Z?

Which list correctly identifies the energy transfer processes A, B, and C?

Which process of the water cycle occurs when water absorbs 2260 Joules of heat energy per gram?

how is the amount of time that star C remains in the main sequence is different from star A.

an earthquake occurs at 10:05am, 10:09am a P-wave is detected. how many km away is the station?

Which represents the air mass formed over portions of the Indian Ocean shown on the maps?

What is the time of day when the Sun is at position A?

The galaxy containing stars A, B, and C is the same as our Sun. what name of this galaxy?

oceanic oxygen that began to enter Earth’s atmosphere in the Proterozoic Era was produced by

which location labeled on this map would a sunset will next be observed after Syracuse.

which particle has the greatest permeability if 50mL of water was poured through the columns

The light spectrum observed from this distant star shows a

What is the name of the features indicated by letter X?

The magnitude of an earthquake is a number that represents the

Most clouds form in the atmosphere when moist air

Which shows the wavelength of visible light through a window and the wavelength of IR given off

The Genesee River flows across the Allegheny Plateau and ErieOntario Lowlands. This river flows

at 43° S latitude, the highest altitude of the noon Sun occurs when the Sun is above the

Identify one foliated rock formed when phyllite undergoes increased heat and pressure.

The deflection of Earth’s planetary winds is an example of

If a line is drawn to x-y, due to the Coriolis effect, it is most likely to pass through

The photo shows bedrock composed of sediments that have been deposited by wind it's most likely

What three warm surface ocean currents make up most of the North Atlantic Ocean gyre?

The crystal shape and cleavage of these two minerals are determined mainly by the minerals’