Weekly review #6

At what approximate altitude in the atmosphere can stratospheric ozone be found?

• 10 km

• 30 km

• 70 km

• 100 km

What percentage of Earth’s history represents human existence?

• less than 1.0%

• 1.8%

• 23.5%

• more than 98.6%

During which period in geologic history did the uplifting of the Adirondack Mountains begin?

• Quaternary

• Cretaceous

• Triassic

• Cambrian

Which New York State location has surface bedrock that has been subjected to very intense regional metamorphism?

• 41°00' N 72°15' W

• 42°30' N 75°00' W

• 44°00' N 76°00' W

• 44°30' N 74°00' W

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

The cross section of Earth below represents a P-wave moving away from an earthquake epicenter. Seismic station A is shown on Earth’s surface. At station A, the first P-wave arrives 11 minutes 40 seconds after the earthquake. How long after the first P-wave arrives will the first S-wave arrive?

• 5 minutes 00 second

• 8 minutes 40 seconds

• 9 minutes 40 seconds

• 21 minutes 20 seconds

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The Aleutian Islands extend westward from southern Alaska to form the northern boundary of the Pacific Ocean. These volcanic islands were formed by the nearby

• subduction of a continental plate

• subduction of an oceanic plate

• divergence of a continental plate

• divergence of an oceanic plate

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

The photograph below shows a valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?

• blowing wind

• ocean waves

• moving ice

• running water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Pieces of bedrock material that are broken from a cliff and deposited by a landslide at the base of the cliff are best described as

• rounded and sorted

• rounded and unsorted

• angular and sorted

• angular and unsorted

The narrow, sandy, barrier islands in the ocean along the south coast of Long Island were deposited by

• wind

• streams

• glacial ice

• wave action

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which rock is most likely phyllite?

• A

• B

• C

• D