Regents Earth Science Review

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9th - 12th Grade
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Julieanne Gaias
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which information best supports the inference that the universe began with an explosion?
measurements of rates of decay using Carbon-14
measurements of cosmic background radiation
calculations of the distance from the Sun to each asteroid in the asteroid belt
calculations of the temperature and luminosity of stars
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What causes many surface winds to deflect to the right in the Northern Hemisphere?
rotation of Earth on its axis
unequal heating of Earth's surface
gravitational force of the Moon
gravitational force of the Sun
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Scientists infer that most of Earth's earliest atmosphere was produced by
a collision with a giant gas cloud
capturing gases from a nearby planet
vaporizing comets that impacted Earth's surface
the escape of gases from volcanoes
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is
more dense and mafic
more dense and felsic
less dense and mafic
less dense and felsic
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Most of the sediment that is compacted and later forms shale bedrock is
clay
silt
sand
pebbles
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
A 66 million-year-old impact crater in Mexico provides evidence for the cause of the
breakup of Pangaea
evolution of the earliest corals
Alleghenian Orogeny
extinction of ammonoids
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NGSS.MS-LS4-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Convections currents occur within which interior layer of Earth?
Crust
Asthenosphere
Lower Mantle
Outer Core
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