Regents Review #2 Earth Science

A Foucault pendulum provides evidence that Earth

• orbits the Sun

• has a nearly spherical shape

• is tilted on its axis

• spins on an axis

  (rotates)

On the winter solstice, which latitude receives the vertical ray?

• 90 degrees North

• 23.5 degrees South

• 0 degrees

  (the equator)

• 23.5 degrees North

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

On the summer solstice, which latitude receives the vertical ray?

• 90 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees South

• 0 degrees

  (the equator)

• 23.5 degrees North

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

On the spring and fall equinoxes, which latitude receives the vertical ray?

• 90 degrees North

• 23.5 degrees North

• 0 degrees

  (the equator)

• 23.5 degrees South

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How many degrees do the stars appear to move around Polaris in 3 hours?

• 15 degrees

• 30 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 60 degrees

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What is the altitude of Polaris when viewed from the Tropic of Cancer?

• 90 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

• 15 degrees

Which shape best represents a true scale model of the shape of the Earth?

• a Ping-Pong ball

• a football

• an egg

• a pear

In which atmospheric temperature zone does most precipitation occur?

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• stratosphere

• troposphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In which atmospheric temperature zone would you find the ozone layer?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Why is the earth's shape slightly flattened at the Poles and slightly bulging at the equator?

• its rotation

• the pull of the sun and moon

• storms on the sun's surface

• its molten core