WorksheetsES-Aug 2015 Q11-20
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The map below shows a portion of the Hudson River and three tributaries: Catskill Creek, Fishkill Creek, and Wallkill River.
The greatest discharge of the Hudson River is generally observed near
The greatest discharge of the Hudson River is generally observed near
a)
Albany
b)
Kingston
c)
Poughkeepsie
d)
Ossining
2.
Which station model represents a location that has the greatest chance of precipitation?
a)
model 1
b)
model 2
c)
model 3
d)
model 4
3.
The Adirondacks are classified as mountains because of the high elevation and bedrock that consists mainly of
a)
deformed and intensely metamorphosed rocks
b)
glacial deposits of unconsolidated gravels, sands, and clays
c)
Cambrian and Ordovician quartzites and marbles
d)
horizontal sedimentary rocks of marine origin
4.
In which landscape region are New York State’s Finger Lakes primarily located?
a)
Adirondack Mountains
b)
Allegheny Plateau
c)
Atlantic Coastal Plain
d)
Erie-Ontario Lowlands
5.
What is the range of pressure in Earth’s interior where rock with a density range of 9.9 to 12.2 g/cm3 is found?
a)
0.2 to 1.4 million atmospheres
b)
0.8 to 2.3 million atmospheres
c)
1.4 to 3.1 million atmospheres
d)
2.3 to 3.5 million atmospheres
6.
Earth’s magnetic field has reversed itself several times during the past. This pattern of magnetic reversal is best preserved in
a)
metamorphic bedrock in mountain ranges
b)
bedrock with fossils containing radioactive carbon-14
c)
layers of sedimentary bedrock of the Grand Canyon
d)
igneous bedrock of the oceanic crust
7.
Which two features are commonly found at divergent plate boundaries?
a)
mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys
b)
wide valleys and deltas
c)
ocean trenches and subduction zones
d)
hot spots and island arcs
8.
New York State bedrock of which age contains salt, gypsum, and hematite?
a)
Cambrian
b)
Devonian
c)
Mississippian
d)
Silurian
9.
Scientists infer that oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere did not exist in large quantities until after
a)
the first multicellular, soft-bodied marine organisms appeared on Earth
b)
the initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean
c)
the first sexually reproducing organisms appeared on Earth
d)
photosynthetic cyanobacteria evolved in Earth’s oceans
10.
Which organisms were alive when New York State was last covered by a continental ice sheet?
a)
Eurypterus and Cooksonia
b)
Aneurophyton and Naples Tree
c)
mastodont and Beluga whale
d)
Coelophysis and Elliptocephala
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