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WorksheetsEarth Science Regents Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 32mins
What is the time in Boston when it is 11 am in San Diego?
8 am
2 pm
3 pm
noon
If the same two elements were detected in a distant star that was moving away from Earth, how would the spectral lines appear?
The entire set of spectral lines would shift toward the red end.
The entire set of spectral lines would shift toward the blue end.
The spectral lines of the shorter wavelengths would move closer togetehr.
The spectral lines of the longer wavelengths would move closer together.
What table correctly matches each type of eclipse with the orbital position of the Moon and cause of each eclipse?
Which lettered dot best indicates the geologic time when humans first appeared on Earth?
A
B
C
D
Compared to our solar system, the universe is
younger, smaller, and contains fewer stars
younger, larger, and contains more stars
older, smaller, and contains fewer stars
older, larger, and contains more stars
Which motion allows an observer on Earth to view different constellations throughout the year?
Earth orbiting the Sun
constellations orbiting Earth
Earth orbiting the constellations
constellations orbiting the Sun
What is the approximate location of the Tasman Hot Spot in the Pacific Ocean
36oN 160oW
36oS 160oE
160oN 36oW
160oS 36oE
Most ozone is found in a region of Earth's atmosphere between 10 and 20 miles above Earth's surface. This temperature zone of the atmosphere is known as the
thermosphere
mesosphere
stratosphere
troposhpere
The Coriolis effect, which causes the curving of planetary winds, is a direct result of the
distance between Earth and the Sun
inclination of Earth's axis
orbiting of Earth around the Sun
spinning of Earth on its axis
What is the dewpoint if the dry-bulb temperature is 18oC and the relative humidity is 64%
14oC
11oC
9oC
4oC
What is indicated by the line labeled X?
watershed
water table
impermeable bedrock
impermeable soil
Which index fossil in sedimentary surface bedrock most likely indicates that a marine environment once existed in the region where the sediments were deposited?
Mastodont
Condor
Eospirifer
Coelophysis
Which table correctly matches each letter with the type of frontal boundaries it represents?
Which Earth surface would most likely absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day if all of these surfaces have equal areas?
blacktop parking lot
white sand beach
surface of a calm lake
snow covered mountain slope
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
hydrogen
nitrogen
oxygen
methane
Which lettered rock layer is the youngest
A
B
C
D
Earth's crustal bedrock at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is composed mostly of
basalt, with a density of 2.7 g/cm3
basalt, with a density of 3.0 g/cm3
granite, with a density of 2.7 g/cm3
granite, with a density of 3.0 g/cm3
A seismic recording station located 4000 km from the epicenter of an earthquake received the first P-wave at 7:10:00 pm (h:min:s). Other information that could be determined from this recording was that the earthquake occured at approximately
7:03:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:12:40 pm
7:03:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:15:40 pm
7:17:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:12:40 pm
7:17:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:15:40 pm
The result of this glacial action will be a
U-shaped valley with scratched grooved bedrock
U-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment
V-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock
V-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment
Between which pair of lettered position is the Sun's vertical ray moving from the equator southward to the Tropic of Capricorn?
A and B
B and C
C and D
D and A
The surface wind circulation pattern around the center of this storm system is
inward and clockwise
inward and counterclockwise
outward and clockwise
outward and counterclockwise
