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Earth Science Regents Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the time in Boston when it is 11 am in San Diego?

a)

8 am

b)

2 pm

c)

3 pm

d)

noon

2.

If the same two elements were detected in a distant star that was moving away from Earth, how would the spectral lines appear?

a)

The entire set of spectral lines would shift toward the red end.

b)

The entire set of spectral lines would shift toward the blue end.

c)

The spectral lines of the shorter wavelengths would move closer togetehr.

d)

The spectral lines of the longer wavelengths would move closer together.

3.

What table correctly matches each type of eclipse with the orbital position of the Moon and cause of each eclipse?

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

Which lettered dot best indicates the geologic time when humans first appeared on Earth?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

Compared to our solar system, the universe is

a)

younger, smaller, and contains fewer stars

b)

younger, larger, and contains more stars

c)

older, smaller, and contains fewer stars

d)

older, larger, and contains more stars

6.

Which motion allows an observer on Earth to view different constellations throughout the year?

a)

Earth orbiting the Sun

b)

constellations orbiting Earth

c)

Earth orbiting the constellations

d)

constellations orbiting the Sun

7.

What is the approximate location of the Tasman Hot Spot in the Pacific Ocean

a)

36oN 160oW

b)

36oS 160oE

c)

160oN 36oW

d)

160oS 36oE

8.

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

a)

thermosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

troposhpere

9.

The Coriolis effect, which causes the curving of planetary winds, is a direct result of the

a)

distance between Earth and the Sun

b)

inclination of Earth's axis

c)

orbiting of Earth around the Sun

d)

spinning of Earth on its axis

10.

What is the dewpoint if the dry-bulb temperature is 18oC and the relative humidity is 64%

a)

14oC

b)

11oC

c)

9oC

d)

4oC

11.

What is indicated by the line labeled X?

a)

watershed

b)

water table

c)

impermeable bedrock

d)

impermeable soil

12.

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

13.

Which table correctly matches each letter with the type of frontal boundaries it represents?

a)

b)

c)

d)

14.

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

15.

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

16.

Which lettered rock layer is the youngest

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

Earth's crustal bedrock at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is composed mostly of

a)

basalt, with a density of 2.7 g/cm3

b)

basalt, with a density of 3.0 g/cm3

c)

granite, with a density of 2.7 g/cm3

d)

granite, with a density of 3.0 g/cm3

18.

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

a)

7:03:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:12:40 pm

b)

7:03:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:15:40 pm

c)

7:17:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:12:40 pm

d)

7:17:00 pm, and the S-wave arrived at this station at 7:15:40 pm

19.

The result of this glacial action will be a

a)

U-shaped valley with scratched grooved bedrock

b)

U-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

c)

V-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock

d)

V-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

20.

Between which pair of lettered position is the Sun's vertical ray moving from the equator southward to the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

A and B

b)

B and C

c)

C and D

d)

D and A

21.

The surface wind circulation pattern around the center of this storm system is

a)

inward and clockwise

b)

inward and counterclockwise

c)

outward and clockwise

d)

outward and counterclockwise