Earth Science Regents Review 1

Question 1

16. Which pie graph shows the % of time that humans have existed during Earth’s entire history?

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1)

Question 2

15. Which ocean current brings warm water to the southeastern tip of Africa?

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2) Agulhas Current

Question 3

29. Which pair of elements makes up most of Earth’s crust by volume?

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4) potassium and oxygen

Question 4

24. Which location is on a major rift valley?

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1) A

Question 5

32. Which type of stream drainage pattern formed on this landscape? (Look at Question 32)

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1

Question 6

35. What is responsible for the banding and alignment of mineral crystals in diagram B?

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2) heating and increasing pressure

Question 7

25. The first P-wave of an earthquake took 11 min to travel to a station from the epicenter

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Distance to epicenter: 7600 km.S-wave travel time: 20 min

Question 8

21.Which table shows the relationship between latitude and general climate conditions on Earth?

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2

Question 9

12. Why are these two constellations only visible in the night sky in the months identified?

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3) Earth orbits the Sun

Question 10

33. The maps best support the inference that Earth’s climate is

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3) warming, average Arctic Sea ice is decreasing

Question 11

30. Which letter identifi es the zone having the most organic and weathered material?

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1) A

Question 12

18. Compared to the climate of location A, the climate of location B is most likely

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4) warmer and drier

Question 13

10. Compared the spectral lines from the lab, the lines from the star have shifted toward the

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2) red end, indicating the star’s movement away from Earth

Question 14

20. Which table correctly matches each letter with the process it represents?

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4)

Question 15

14.Which is a greenhouse gas that has increased in the atmosphere as a result of deforestation?

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4) carbon dioxide

Question 16

26. The Catskills are "mtns", but are actually the Allegheny Plateau. This is because of their

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2) Bedrock structure

Question 17

19. Compared to the ages of the calcite cement and the conglomerate, the age of the pebbles is

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3) older than both the calcite cement and the conglomerate

Question 18

11. How many degrees is Earth tilted on its axis?

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2) 23.5°

Question 19

31. Which type of surface bedrock is most commonly found in the Utica, New York area?

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1) sed. with limestone, shale, sandstone, and dolostone

Question 20

34. Which terms correctly identify depositional features A and B?

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1) A-delta; B-barrier island

Question 21

27. Minimum stream V needed to transport a sediment 0.1 cm in diameter is closest to

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3) 5.5 cm/s

Question 22

17. Volcanic ash can be used as a time marker to correlate rock layers because the ash

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1) is deposited rapidly over a large area

Question 23

23. What is the relative age of these three rock units from oldest to youngest?

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3) C -> A -> B

Question 24

28. Which rock is classified as an evaporite?

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4) crystalline rock salt

Question 25

22. Which table shows the process and agent of erosion responsible for this rounded sediment?

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2

Question 26

13. Which shows interior temp, melting pt, and state (phase) of matter at 4000 km below crust?

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2)

Earth Science Regents Review 1

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