Earth Science Regents Questions

The Foucault pendulum and the Coriolis effect
both provide evidence of Earth’s:

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Tilted axis
• Elliptical Orbit

When it is solar noon at a location at 75° W
longitude, what is the solar time at a location at
120° W longitude?

• 9am
• 12 noon
• 3pm
• 12 midnight

Which characteristic of the planets in our solar
system increases as the distance from the Sun
increases?

• equatorial diameter
• eccentricity of orbit
• period of rotation
• period of revolution

New York State’s highest peak, Mt. Marcy, is
located at approximately

• 44°10 N 74°05 W
• 44°05 N 73°55 W
• 73°55 N 44°10 W
• 74°05 N 44°05 W

According to astronomers, the age of the universe
is estimated to be

• 1.3 billion years
• 4.6 billion years
• 7.9 billion years
• 13.8 billion years

Light from distant galaxies most likely shows a

• red shift, indicating that the universe is
  expanding
• red shift, indicating that the universe is
  contracting
• blue shift, indicating that the universe is
  expanding
• blue shift, indicating that the universe is
  contracting

Which gas is inferred to have been absent from
Earth’s atmosphere during the Early Archean Era?

• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen
• oxygen
• water vapor

How old is a bone that has 12.5% of the original
amount of radioactive carbon-14 remaining

• 5,700 years
• 11,400 years
• 17,100 years
• 22,800 years

Which weather instrument is most useful in
measuring relative humidity?

• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer
• wind vane

If the air temperature is 20°C and the relative
humidity is 58%, what is the dewpoint?

• 5°C
• 12°C
• 15°C
• 38°C