Earth Science Regents

• Changing phases of the Sun

• Changing phases of the Moon

• Stages in an eclipse of the Sun

• Stages in the eclipse of the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The diagrams below represent Earth’s ocean tides at four different positions of the Moon. Which diagram shows the Moon position that will produce the highest high tides and the lowest iow tides? (The diagrams are not drawn to scale.)

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which natural event periodically weakens western surface ocean currents in the equatorial Pacific

Ocean, resulting in a change in air temperature

and precipitation patterns in the United States?

• El Nin ̃o

• transpiration

• ocean tides

• volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Scratching a mineral against a glass plate is a method of determining its __________.

• color

• hardness

• streak

• cleavage

Which mineral property is being tested in the following diagram?

• density

• luster

• fracture

• streak

I am the weather tool used to measure air pressure in inches of mercury or millibars (mb). What am I?

• barometer

• anemometer

• sling psychrometer

• rain gauge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which process of the water cycle occurs when water absorbs 2260 Joules of heat energy per gram?

• melting of ice

• condensation of water

• evaporating of water

• freezing of water

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which list correctly identifies the energy transfer between A, B and C

• A- Conduction, B-Convection, C-Ratiation

• A- Convection, B- Radiation, C- Conduction

• A- Convection, B- Conduction, C- Radiation

• A- Conduction, B- Radiation, C- Convection

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which graph best shows the general relationship between air pressure and altitude?

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Most clouds form in the atmosphere when moist air

• rises, expands and cools to the dewpoint

• rises, expands, and warms to the dewpoint

• sinks, compresses and cools to the dewpoint

• sinks, compresses and warms to the dew point

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5