Earth Science Regents Review 5/27 1

Which planet's day (period of rotation) is longer than its year (period of revolution)?

• Mercury
• Juptier
• Venus
• Mars

Which event is cyclic and predictable?

• a volcano erupting above a subducting tectonic plate
• Jupiter�s apparent movement across the night sky
• an earthquake occurring at the San Andreas Fault
• an asteroid striking Earth�s surface

The best evidence that Earth rotates on its axis is the changing

• phases of the Moon
• altitude of the noontime Sun from day to day
• apparent path of a Foucault pendulum
• velocity of Earth in its orbit

The curving of the planetary winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere is evidence of

• the Coriolis effect
• high- and low-pressure belts
• Earth�s revolution
• the tilt of Earth�s axis

Which star is cooler and less luminous than the Sun?

• Proxima Centauri
• Rigel
• Pollux
• 40 Eridani B

What is the color and type of rock that forms oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges?

• light colored and igneous
• light colored and sedimentary
• dark colored and igneous
• dark colored and sedimentary

A plane traveling in a straight line from Watertown to Utica would fly over which land- scape region?

• Tug Hill Plateau
• Adirondack Mountains
• St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Champlain Lowlands

The Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current modify the climate of northwestern Europe by making the climate

• warmer and drier
• warmer and more humid
• cooler and drier
• cooler and more humid

How many kilometers did the seismic waves travel from the earthquake directly to the outside of the outer core?

• 800 km
• 1400 km
• 2900 km
• 6400 km

Which force was mostly responsible for the contraction of the gas cloud that became our Solar System?

• Friction
• Gravity
• Magnetism
• inertia