Regents Earth Science

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 29.5 days

• 365 days/one year

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What is the reason we have seasons?

• Earth's resolution

• Earth rotation and revolution

• Earth's tilt and revolution

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The diagrams below represent the constellations seen by an observer in New York State while looking toward the southern horizon at midnight on July 9 and January 8.

Which motion is mainly responsible for the difference in the constellations visible at midnight on these two dates?

• The Sun orbits Earth

• Earth orbits the Sun

• The stars in the constellations orbit Earth

• Earth orbits the stars in the constellations

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This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True

• False

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The greatest amount of transpiration and evaporation will occur most likely when the air temperature is

• low and the humidity is low

• low and the humidity is high

• high and the humidity is low

• high and the humidity is high

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Which agent of erosion most likely formed the drumlins and finger lakes in New York State?

• running water

• moving ice

• wave action

• mass movement

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• 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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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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