Review for your Earth Science Exam!

With respect to one another, galaxies have been found to be

• moving closer together

• moving farther apart

• moving in random directions

• stationary

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The direction of the wind shown in the diagram is probably due to air moving from areas of

• low air pressure to areas of high air pressure

• high air pressure to areas of low air pressure

• low air humidity to areas of high air humidity

• high air humidity to areas of low air humidity

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The crystals of many metamorphic rocks are aligned in bands as a result of

• earthquake faulting

• cooling and solidification

• mechanical weathering

• heat and pressure

Which animals do scientists believe could have been hunted by humans, based on evidence such as stone spearpoints found embedded in the animals' bones?

• dinosaurs

• mammoths

• armored fishes

• trilobites

What is the highest possible elevation of point X on Rock Mountain?

• 1,599 ft

• 1,600 ft

• 1,601 ft

• 1,699 ft

The accompanying block diagram shows the bedrock age as measured by radioactive dating and the present location of part of the Hawaiian Island chain. These volcanic islands may have formed as the Pacific Plate moved over a mantle hot spot.

• A) south

• B) east

• C) southwest

• D) northwest

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Which event occurred earliest in geologic history?

• A) appearance of the earliest grasses

• B) appearance of the earliest birds

• C) the Grenville Orogeny

• D) the intrusion of the Palisades Sill

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At which two positions of the Moon is an eclipse of the Sun or Moon possible?

• 1 and 5

• 2 and 6

• 3 and 7

• 4 and 8

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Which weather instrument is used to measure the air pressures?

• thermometer

• wind vane

• sling psychrometer

• barometer

During an Earthquake, why do P-Waves arrive before S-Waves?

• P-Waves are slower than S-Waves
• P-Waves are faster than S-Waves.

• S-Waves are absorbed by the Earth's core
• P-Waves are deflected by the Earth's atmosphere