Quarterly Review

What is the best example of a cyclic event?

• the appearance of Halley's comet every 76 years

• a hurricane moving up the east coast and hitting Long Island

• an earthquake near Washington DC

• a tsunami striking the east coast of Japan

• Buffalo

• Albany

• Ithaca

• Plattsburgh

The longest portion of the Genesee River in New York State Flows through which landscape region?

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Allegheny Plateau

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

Calculate the gradient of the lake bottom between point C and point D.

• 10 ft/mi

• 15 ft/mi

• 20 ft/mi

• 25 ft/mi

What is the maximum water depth in Lake Ontario?

• 701 ft

• 750 ft

• 799 ft

• 801 ft

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which evidence best supports the theory that the universe was created by an explosion called the Big Bang?

• impact craters found on Earth

• cosmic background radiation

• the different compositions of terrestrial and Jovian planets

• the blue shift of light from distant galaxies

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Which star is more massive than our Sun, but has a lower surface temperature?

• 40 Eridani B

• Aldebaran

• Sirius

• Barnard's Star

Which color of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

• violet

• green

• yellow

• red

The best evidence of Earth's rotation is provided by the

• shape of Earth's orbit

• shape of the Milky Way galaxy

• changes in the total yearly duration of insolation at a location on earth

• apparent changes in the direction of swing of a Foucault pendulum

Which statement best describes the approximate rates of rotation and revolution?