Review Earth Science Regents 2024

The diagram below represents four landscapes in New York State. All the landscapes have the same soil characteristics but different combinations of vegetation and slope. If these landscape areas receive equal amounts of precipitation, which area will likely produce the greatest amount of runoff?

• landscape 1

• landscape 2

• landscape 3

• landscape 4

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The cross section below represents a frontal boundary between two air masses. Arrows represent the direction of moving air masses. The type of front represented at the boundary between the cold air mass and the cool air mass is

• an occluded front caused by a cold front overtaking a warm front

• an occluded front caused by a warm front overtaking a cold front

• a stationary front caused by a cold front overtaking a warm front

• a stationary front caused by a warm front overtaking a cold front

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The photograph below shows a New York State index fossil. This index fossil would be classified as a

• gastropod

• nautiloid

• coral

• brachiopod

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The photograph below shows a cross sectional view of an iridium-rich meteor debris layer between two rock layers. This debris was deposited at the same time as the extinction of ammonoids. The layers have not been overturned. Which photograph shows the most likely geologic time periods when the rock layers above and below this debris layer formed?

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Why is volcanic ash a good geologic time marker?

• Ash deposits usually contain identifiable fossils.

• Ash is rapidly deposited over a large geographic area.

• Volcanoes are distributed worldwide.

• Volcanoes often continuously erupt over long periods of time.

The cross section below represents a portion of Earth’s crust. Compared to the sedimentary rock layers, the igneous rock is

• older than all the sedimentary rock layers

• younger than all the sedimentary rock layers

• older than the shale, but younger than the sandstone and limestone

• younger than the shale, but older than the sandstone and limestone

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The table below was prepared to compare the surface bedrock of four New York State locations. The table contains some errors. For which New York State location in the table are both the geologic age of the surface bedrock and the dominant type of surface bedrock correct?

• Finger Lakes

• Mount Marcy

• Syracuse

• Watertown

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Which table below correctly shows the characteristics of seismic waves when they reach liquid material?

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The first S-wave of an earthquake took 10 minutes 40 seconds to travel to a seismic station from the epicenter of an earthquake. What is the distance from this seismic station to the epicenter of this earthquake, and how much time did it take for the first P-wave to travel that distance?

• 3200 kilometers; 4 minutes 40 seconds

• 3200 kilometers; 6 minutes

• 7200 kilometers; 4 minutes 40 seconds

• 7200 kilometers; 6 minutes

Which two hot spots are located on the same tectonic plate?

• Tasman and Easter Island Hot Spots

• Hawaii and Yellowstone Hot Spots

• Iceland and Bouvet Hot Spots

• Canary Islands and St. Helena Hot Spots

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