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Earth Science Regents 2019 Q11-20

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

11. When one gram of liquid water at its boiling point is changed into water vapor

a)

334 J/g is gained from the surrounding environment

b)

334 J/g is released into the surrounding environment

c)

2260 J/g is gained from the surrounding environment

d)

2260 J/g is released into the surrounding environment

2.

12. What is indicated by the dashed line labeled X?

a)

watershed

b)

water table

c)

impermeable bedrock

d)

impermeable soil

3.

13. Which index fossil in sedimentary surface bedrock most likely indicates that a marine environment once existed in the region where the sediments were deposited?

a)

Mastodont

b)

Condor

c)

Eospirifer

d)

Coelophysis

4.

14. Which table correctly matches each letter with the type of frontal boundary it represents?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

15. Which process most likely caused the formation of the Michigan Basin?

a)

uplift

b)

faulting

c)

metamorphism

d)

downwarping

6.

16. Which location would most likely have cloud cover and precipitation?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

17. Which Earth surface would most likely absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day if all of these surfaces have equal areas?

a)

blacktop parking lot

b)

white sand beach

c)

surface of a calm lake

d)

snow covered mountain slope

8.

18. Most of the infrared radiation given off by Earth's surface is absorbed in Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and

a)

hydrogen

b)

nitrogen

c)

oxygen

d)

methane

9.

19. During which geologic period was the region of Washington State closest to the equator?

a)

Cretaceous

b)

Triassic

c)

Mississippian

d)

Ordovician

10.

20. A climate even that occurs when surface water in the eastern equatorial area of the Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than normal and may cause a warm, dry winter in New York State is

a)

an air mass formation

b)

the Doppler effect

c)

an El Nino

d)

a monsoon