Maps Unit Review Regents based

The diagram below shows latitude measurements every 10 degrees and the longitude measurements every 15 degrees. What is the latitude and longitude of point X?

• a) 40° S 45° E
  

• b) 50° N 45° W
  

• c) 60° S 30° W
  

• d) 75° N 30° E

2) at which New York State location would an observe measure the highest altitude of Polaris?

• New York City

• Slide Mountain

• NIagara Falls

• Plattsburg

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Foucault pendulum provides evidence of Earth's

• revolution around the Sun in a geocentric solar system

• revolution around the Sun in a heliocentric solar system

• rotation on its axis in a geocentric solar system

• rotation on its axis in a heliocentric solar system

How many degrees does the Sun appear to move across the sky in four hours?

• 60°

• 45°

• • 15°

• 4°

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If an observer on Earth views Polaris on the horizon, the observer is located at the

• equator 0°

• North Pole 90°N

• • Tropic of Cancer 23.5° N

• • Tropic of Capricorn 23.5° S

What is the gradient between points A and B

• 1 m/km

• 2 m/km

• 10 m/km

• 20 m/km

What is the gradient between points X and Y

• 10 ft/mi

• 20 ft/mi

• 40 ft/mi

• 80 ft/mi

If it is 4 a.m. at location A, what time is it at location B?

• 10 a.m.

• 2 a.m.

• 6 a.m.

• 8 a.m.

Approximately how much snow falls in an average year at location X

• 39 inches

• 40 inches

• 41 inches

• 42 inches

Which part of Pennsylvania has the greatest average yearly snowfall?

• northern

• eastern

• southern

• western