Regents Earth Science Review

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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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Extrusive

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

• 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

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as

• low-density jovian planets

• low-density terrestrial planets

• high-density jovian planets

• high-density terrestrial planets