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WorksheetsESRT review
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 6hrs 35mins
What is the equation for density?
mass/volume
mass*volume
volume/mass
density=mass+volume
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.
Long Island is a part of (a) landscape region?
What is the northernmost New York State landscape region?
Adirondack Mountains
Catskill Mountains
Hudson Valley
Long Island
What type of rock is Slide Mountain?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
None of the above
What is the latitude and longitude of Slide Mountain?
42° N, 74°30' W
40° N, 73° W
41° W, 74° N
43° N, 74° W
What geological period does the rock around Syracuse come from?
Cambrian
Jurassic
Silurian
Cretaceous
What rock type and geologic period do rocks from Long Island come from?
Sedimentary rocks from the Cretaceous and Pleistocene
Igneous rocks from the Cretaceous and Pleistocene
Metamorphic rocks from the Cretaceous and Pleistocene
Sedimentary rocks from the Late Triassic
What is the latitude and longitude of Binghamton?
42° N, 76° W
40° N, 74° W
34° N, 118° W
51° N, 0° W
What is the current that runs along the eastern coast of the United States?
Gulf Stream
California Current
Kuroshio Current
Labrador Current
What is the current that runs along the western coast of the United States?
Gulf Stream
California Current
Kuroshio Current
Labrador Current
What type of current is the Labrador Current?
Cold ocean current
Warm ocean current
Electrical current
None of the above
What type of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault?
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
What type of plate boundary is the Peru-Chile Trench?
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction zone
What is the latitude and longitude of the Hawaiian Hot Spot?
19° N, 158° W
20° N, 156° E
18° S, 155° W
19° W, 155° N
How can a sedimentary rock change to an igneous rock?
By undergoing melting and solidification
By being exposed to high pressure only
Through weathering and erosion
By undergoing metamorphism
How can an igneous rock change to a metamorphic rock?
By melting and solidifying
By undergoing heat and pressure
By weathering and erosion
By deposition and compaction
How can a metamorphic rock change to a sedimentary rock?
By melting and solidifying
By undergoing heat and pressure
By weathering, erosion, compaction and cementation
By crystallization of minerals
What is the minimum size of a cobble?
6.4 cm
3.2 cm
1.6 cm
.2 cm
What is the maximum size of a pebble?
2 cm
4 cm
6.4 cm
25.6 cm
What is the largest sized particle?
sand
silt
cobble
Boulder
What is the environment of formation for granite?
intrusive
evaporation of seawater
volcanic
extrusive
What is the grain size for very coarse textures?
Less than 1 mm
1 mm to 2 mm
Greater than 10 mm
0.5 mm to 1.5 mm
Name two rocks that have a light color and felsic composition?
Granite and Rhyolite
Basalt and Gabbro
Slate and Schist
Sandstone and Limestone
What rock consists of rounded fragments?
Granite
Slate
Conglomerate
Marble
This sedimentary rock consists of compacted plant remains?
Sandstone
Shale
Bituminous Coal
Limestone
What clastic rock consists of the smallest grain size?
Sandstone
Conglomerate
Shale
Siltstone
What is rock salt's composition?
halite
calcite
dolomite
carbon
What rock was formed by contact metamorphism?
Slate
Marble
Granite
Sandstone
Which rock comes from the metamorphism of sandstone?
Quartzite
Slate
Marble
Limestone
What is the density of the oceanic crust?
2.7 g/cm³
2.9 g/cm³
3.0 g/cm³
3.3 g/cm³
What is the temperature at the boundary between the Outer Core and the Inner Core?
5,000°C
6,000°C
6,300°C
3,000°C
What is the pressure at the boundary between the Outer Core and the Inner Core?
3.1 mil atm
2.9 mil atm
1.5 mil atm
.2 mil atm
What is the minimum number of seismic stations needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
1
2
3
4
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?
5 minutes 40 seconds
10 minutes
5 minutes 20 seconds
3 minutes 20 seconds
What is the dewpoint if the dry bulb temperature is 16° C and the wet bulb temperature is 10° C?
6° C
4° C
9° C
12° C
What is the dewpoint if the dry bulb temperature is 10° C and the wet bulb temperature is 8° C?
5° C
6° C
7° C
8° C
What is the wet bulb temperature if the dewpoint is 9° C and the dry bulb temperature is 16° C?
5° C
9° C
12° C
16° C
What is the dewpoint if the dry bulb temperature is 18° C and the wet bulb temperature is 15° C?
13° C
14° C
15° C
16° C
What is the relative humidity if the dry bulb temperature is 16° C and the wet bulb is 10° C?
30%
45%
60%
75%
What is the wet bulb temperature if the relative humidity is 7% and the dry bulb is 16° C?
5° C
7° C
9° C
11° C
What is 20° C equal to in Fahrenheit?
68°F
72°F
78°F
82°F
What is 160° F equal to in Kelvin?
344 K
331 K
355 K
373 K
What is 1000.0 millibars equal to in inches of mercury?
28.50 inches
29.53 inches
30.00 inches
31.10 inches
How many millibars is 30.00 inches of mercury equal to?
1013 mb
1016 mb
1015 mb
1018 mb
What is the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere?
Tropopause
Stratopause
Mesopause
Thermopause
Does temperature increase or decrease in the troposphere?
Increase
Decrease
Remains constant
Varies depending on the altitude
Does pressure increase or decrease in the troposphere?
Increase
Decrease
Remains constant
Varies depending on altitude but not in a consistent pattern
What has the largest wave length?
Radio waves
Microwaves
Visible light
X-rays
What part of visible light has the smallest wave length?
Red
Green
Blue
Violet
What part of visible light has the largest wave length?
Ultraviolet
Red
Blue
Green
Which way do the planetary winds blow between 30°N and 60°N?
SW to NE
NE to SW
East to West
West to East
Does the equator experience wet or dry weather?
Wet
Dry
Both
Neither
What is the most massive type of stars?
Main Sequence
Giants
White Dwarf Stars
Supergiant Stars
What is the name of the smallest star on the Luminosity and Temperature of Stars chart?
Polaris
Spica
Deneb
Proxima Centauri
What is the approximate temperature of Polaris?
3230 K
6000 K
7260 K
10010 K
The hottest stars are what color?
Red
Yellow
Blue
White
Betelgeuse is how many times brighter than our Sun?
10 times
100 times
100,000 times
10,000 times
What is luminosity?
The brightness of a celestial object
The distance of a star from Earth
The color of a celestial object
The size of a celestial object
What is the mean distance of Mercury from the Sun?
57.9 million km
108.2 million km
149.6 million km
227.9 million km
What is the period of revolution of Venus?
224.7 days
365 days
687 days
4332 days
What is Saturn's density?
0.7 g/cm³
1.6 g/cm³
0.5 g/cm³
3.9 g/cm³
What is Earth's equatorial diameter?
12,756 km
10,000 km
15,000 km
9,461 km
What is the hardness of magnetite?
3.5 to 4.5
5.5 to 6.5
6 to 7
7 to 7.5
What two minerals bubble with acid?
Quartz and Feldspar
Calcite and Dolomite
Mica and Gypsum
Halite and Fluorite
What mineral's composition is SiO2?
Calcite
Quartz
Gypsum
Halite
Which mineral can have both a metallic and nonmetallic luster?
Quartz
Hematite
Calcite
Diamond
