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ESRT review

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 6hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the equation for density?

a)

mass/volume

b)

mass*volume

c)

volume/mass

d)

density=mass+volume

2.

What is the gradient if a student measures the ground temperature to be 30° C and directly two meters above that same location 35° C? It is (a)   °C/m.

Choose from the below words
2.5 °C/m
3.0 °C/m
1.5 °C/m
2.0 °C/m
3.

Long Island is a part of (a)   landscape region?

Choose from the below words
Coastal Plain
Mountainous Region
Desert Area
Tropical Forest
4.

What is the northernmost New York State landscape region?

a)

Adirondack Mountains

b)

Catskill Mountains

c)

Hudson Valley

d)

Long Island

5.

What type of rock is Slide Mountain?

a)

Igneous

b)

Sedimentary

c)

Metamorphic

d)

None of the above

6.

What is the latitude and longitude of Slide Mountain?

a)

42° N, 74°30' W

b)

40° N, 73° W

c)

41° W, 74° N

d)

43° N, 74° W

7.

What geological period does the rock around Syracuse come from?

a)

Cambrian

b)

Jurassic

c)

Silurian

d)

Cretaceous

8.

What rock type and geologic period do rocks from Long Island come from?

a)

Sedimentary rocks from the Cretaceous and Pleistocene

b)

Igneous rocks from the Cretaceous and Pleistocene

c)

Metamorphic rocks from the Cretaceous and Pleistocene

d)

Sedimentary rocks from the Late Triassic

9.

What is the latitude and longitude of Binghamton?

a)

42° N, 76° W

b)

40° N, 74° W

c)

34° N, 118° W

d)

51° N, 0° W

10.

What is the current that runs along the eastern coast of the United States?

a)

Gulf Stream

b)

California Current

c)

Kuroshio Current

d)

Labrador Current

11.

What is the current that runs along the western coast of the United States?

a)

Gulf Stream

b)

California Current

c)

Kuroshio Current

d)

Labrador Current

12.

What type of current is the Labrador Current?

a)

Cold ocean current

b)

Warm ocean current

c)

Electrical current

d)

None of the above

13.

What type of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault?

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Subduction zone

14.

What type of plate boundary is the Peru-Chile Trench?

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Divergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Subduction zone

15.

What is the latitude and longitude of the Hawaiian Hot Spot?

a)

19° N, 158° W

b)

20° N, 156° E

c)

18° S, 155° W

d)

19° W, 155° N

16.

How can a sedimentary rock change to an igneous rock?

a)

By undergoing melting and solidification

b)

By being exposed to high pressure only

c)

Through weathering and erosion

d)

By undergoing metamorphism

17.

How can an igneous rock change to a metamorphic rock?

a)

By melting and solidifying

b)

By undergoing heat and pressure

c)

By weathering and erosion

d)

By deposition and compaction

18.

How can a metamorphic rock change to a sedimentary rock?

a)

By melting and solidifying

b)

By undergoing heat and pressure

c)

By weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation

d)

By crystallization of minerals

19.

What is the minimum size of a cobble?

a)

6.4 cm

b)

3.2 cm

c)

1.6 cm

d)

.2 cm

20.

What is the maximum size of a pebble?

a)

2 cm

b)

4 cm

c)

6.4 cm

d)

25.6 cm

21.

What is the largest sized particle?

a)

sand

b)

silt

c)

cobble

d)

Boulder

22.

What is the environment of formation for granite?

a)

intrusive

b)

evaporation of seawater

c)

volcanic

d)

extrusive

23.

What is the grain size for very coarse textures?

a)

Less than 1 mm

b)

1 mm to 2 mm

c)

Greater than 10 mm

d)

0.5 mm to 1.5 mm

24.

Name two rocks that have a light color and felsic composition?

a)

Granite and Rhyolite

b)

Basalt and Gabbro

c)

Slate and Schist

d)

Sandstone and Limestone

25.

What rock consists of rounded fragments?

a)

Granite

b)

Slate

c)

Conglomerate

d)

Marble

26.

This sedimentary rock consists of compacted plant remains?

a)

Sandstone

b)

Shale

c)

Bituminous Coal

d)

Limestone

27.

What clastic rock consists of the smallest grain size?

a)

Sandstone

b)

Conglomerate

c)

Shale

d)

Siltstone

28.

What is rock salt's composition?

a)

halite

b)

calcite

c)

dolomite

d)

carbon

29.

What rock was formed by contact metamorphism?

a)

Slate

b)

Marble

c)

Granite

d)

Sandstone

30.

Which rock comes from the metamorphism of sandstone?

a)

Quartzite

b)

Slate

c)

Marble

d)

Limestone

31.

What is the density of the oceanic crust?

a)

2.7 g/cm³

b)

2.9 g/cm³

c)

3.0 g/cm³

d)

3.3 g/cm³

32.

What is the temperature at the boundary between the Outer Core and the Inner Core?

a)

5,000°C

b)

6,000°C

c)

6,300°C

d)

3,000°C

33.

What is the pressure at the boundary between the Outer Core and the Inner Core?

a)

3.1 mil atm

b)

2.9 mil atm

c)

1.5 mil atm

d)

.2 mil atm

34.

What is the minimum number of seismic stations needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

35.

If an earthquake's epicenter is 3000 km away from a seismograph station; approximately how long did the P-wave take to arrive to the seismograph station?

a)

5 minutes 40 seconds

b)

10 minutes

c)

5 minutes 20 seconds

d)

3 minutes 20 seconds

36.

What is the dewpoint if the dry bulb temperature is 16° C and the wet bulb temperature is 10° C?

a)

6° C

b)

4° C

c)

9° C

d)

12° C

37.

What is the dewpoint if the dry bulb temperature is 10° C and the wet bulb temperature is 8° C?

a)

5° C

b)

6° C

c)

7° C

d)

8° C

38.

What is the wet bulb temperature if the dewpoint is 9° C and the dry bulb temperature is 16° C?

a)

5° C

b)

9° C

c)

12° C

d)

16° C

39.

What is the dewpoint if the dry bulb temperature is 18° C and the wet bulb temperature is 15° C?

a)

13° C

b)

14° C

c)

15° C

d)

16° C

40.

What is the relative humidity if the dry bulb temperature is 16° C and the wet bulb is 10° C?

a)

30%

b)

45%

c)

60%

d)

75%

41.

What is the wet bulb temperature if the relative humidity is 7% and the dry bulb is 16° C?

a)

5° C

b)

7° C

c)

9° C

d)

11° C

42.

What is 20° C equal to in Fahrenheit?

a)

68°F

b)

72°F

c)

78°F

d)

82°F

43.

What is 160° F equal to in Kelvin?

a)

344 K

b)

331 K

c)

355 K

d)

373 K

44.

What is 1000.0 millibars equal to in inches of mercury?

a)

28.50 inches

b)

29.53 inches

c)

30.00 inches

d)

31.10 inches

45.

How many millibars is 30.00 inches of mercury equal to?

a)

1013 mb

b)

1016 mb

c)

1015 mb

d)

1018 mb

46.

What is the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere?

a)

Tropopause

b)

Stratopause

c)

Mesopause

d)

Thermopause

47.

Does temperature increase or decrease in the troposphere?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Remains constant

d)

Varies depending on the altitude

48.

Does pressure increase or decrease in the troposphere?

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Remains constant

d)

Varies depending on altitude but not in a consistent pattern

49.

What has the largest wave length?

a)

Radio waves

b)

Microwaves

c)

Visible light

d)

X-rays

50.

What part of visible light has the smallest wave length?

a)

Red

b)

Green

c)

Blue

d)

Violet

51.

What part of visible light has the largest wave length?

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Red

c)

Blue

d)

Green

52.

Which way do the planetary winds blow between 30°N and 60°N?

a)

SW to NE

b)

NE to SW

c)

East to West

d)

West to East

53.

Does the equator experience wet or dry weather?

a)

Wet

b)

Dry

c)

Both

d)

Neither

54.

What is the most massive type of stars?

a)

Main Sequence

b)

Giants

c)

White Dwarf Stars

d)

Supergiant Stars

55.

What is the name of the smallest star on the Luminosity and Temperature of Stars chart?

a)

Polaris

b)

Spica

c)

Deneb

d)

Proxima Centauri

56.

What is the approximate temperature of Polaris?

a)

3230 K

b)

6000 K

c)

7260 K

d)

10010 K

57.

The hottest stars are what color?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

White

58.

Betelgeuse is how many times brighter than our Sun?

a)

10 times

b)

100 times

c)

100,000 times

d)

10,000 times

59.

What is luminosity?

a)

The brightness of a celestial object

b)

The distance of a star from Earth

c)

The color of a celestial object

d)

The size of a celestial object

60.

What is the mean distance of Mercury from the Sun?

a)

57.9 million km

b)

108.2 million km

c)

149.6 million km

d)

227.9 million km

61.

What is the period of revolution of Venus?

a)

224.7 days

b)

365 days

c)

687 days

d)

4332 days

62.

What is Saturn's density?

a)

0.7 g/cm³

b)

1.6 g/cm³

c)

0.5 g/cm³

d)

3.9 g/cm³

63.

What is Earth's equatorial diameter?

a)

12,756 km

b)

10,000 km

c)

15,000 km

d)

9,461 km

64.

What is the hardness of magnetite?

a)

3.5 to 4.5

b)

5.5 to 6.5

c)

6 to 7

d)

7 to 7.5

65.

What two minerals bubble with acid?

a)

Quartz and Feldspar

b)

Calcite and Dolomite

c)

Mica and Gypsum

d)

Halite and Fluorite

66.

What mineral's composition is SiO2?

a)

Calcite

b)

Quartz

c)

Gypsum

d)

Halite

67.

Which mineral can have both a metallic and nonmetallic luster?

a)

Quartz

b)

Hematite

c)

Calcite

d)

Diamond