Regents Earth Science Review

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

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

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

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

Convections currents occur within which interior layer of Earth?

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Lower Mantle

• Outer Core

Approximately which percentage of Earth's surface is exposed above water?

• 30%

• 50%

• 70%

• 90%

Which precaution is most appropriate during a blizzard?

• Take shelter in a basement.

• Avoid unnecessary travel.

• Evacuate to higher ground.

• Stay away from tall metal objects.

Which layer of Earth's interior is inferred to be composed of solid iron and nickel?

• asthenosphere

• stiffer mantle

• outer core

• inner core