Earth Science Regents Review 4-8-2022

Draw a station model with 75% cloud cover, an air temp of 75 degrees F, and 15 kn wind from the northwest

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Earth's hydrosphere is best described as the

• gaseous layer extending several hundred kilometers from Earth into space

• liquid outer layer of Earth

• magma layer located below Earth's stiffer mantle

• solid outer layer of Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Weather systems in NY tend to come from the

• Southwest/West

• East

• North

• Underground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The inferred slow circulation of the plastic mantle is by a process called

• insolation

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

Which surface ocean current transports warm water to higher latitudes? [Hint: ESRT page 4]

• Labrador Current

• Falkland Current

• Gulf Stream

• West Wind Drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Earth's troposphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere contain relatively large amounts of which element?

• iron

• hydrogen

• oxygen

• potassium

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

At which plate boundary is one lithospheric plate sliding under another?

• Nazca Plate and Antarctic Plate

• Nazca Plate and Pacific Plate

• Indian-Australian Plate and Antarctic Plate

• Pacific Plate and Indian-Australian Plate

The only dinosaur fossils found in New York State are footprints found on 210-million-yearold bedrock. In which New York State landscape region were these dinosaur fossils found? [Hint: ESRT p. 3, p. 8, p. 2]

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Allegheny Plateau

• Adirondack Mountains

• Newark Lowlands

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Most of the general bedrock in the Adirondacks is

• igneous

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• molten

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Compared to dull and rough rock surfaces, shiny and smooth rock surfaces are most likely to cause sunlight to be

• scattered

• reflected

• absorbed

• refracted

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