EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS EXAM REVIEW MISS BERNAL What
EARTH SCIENCE REGENTS EXAM REVIEW MISS BERNAL
What is the name of the true shape of the Earth?
In which phase is water the most dense?
Explain Latitude
What is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?
How do you determine the height of Polaris, the North Star?
On a topographic map what does it mean when the contour lines are really close together?
What is the shortest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere?
What is chemical weathering? What causes the caves to form?
At which line of latitude are the direct rays of the sun hitting on the summer solstice?
How long does it take the Earth to make one ROTATION?
How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION?
What time of day is usually the hottest?
The swinging of a Foucault pendulum and the Coriolis Effect are both caused by…
In what type of climate does chemical weathering occur the fastest?
What type of rocks usually form mountains?
During which season is the Earth closest to the Sun?
What are the temperature and humidity conditions in a high pressure system?
At which two times of the year does every place on Earth receive the same number of daylight and darkness hours?
What is porosity?
What are the two characteristics of an index fossil?
How do winds blow around a low pressure system? L
How many seismic stations do you need to find the epicenter of an earthquake?
At which line of latitude are the direct rays of the sun hitting on the winter solstice?
What is physical weathering?
What is the driving force behind all erosion?
What is capillarity?
Describe the temperature and moisture conditions on the leeward side of a mountain.
What are the temperature and humidity conditions in a low pressure system?
Where is this person located?
In what type of climate does physical weathering occur the fastest?
Explain Longitude
How do winds blow around a high pressure system? H
When air temperature and dew point temperature are close together what is most likely going to happen?
On what page of the ESRT will you find information on minerals?
Where is the velocity of a stream the greatest?
Describe the temperature and moisture conditions on the windward side of a mountain.
State two differences between P - and S- waves.
What is the difference in appearance between a humid and arid landscape?
What is the radioactive element Carbon-14 used to date?
State the compass direction in which Fish Creek is flowing?
How about Moose Creek?
What about Red Creek?
Where is this person located?
What is Earth's rate of rotation?
At which line of latitude are the direct rays of the sun hitting on the fall and spring equinox?
What layer is the youngest?
What time of day is it at location X?
What is the name of the SHAPE of Earth’s orbit?
How many days does it take for the Moon to go from full moon phase to full moon phase?
What is the highest possible elevation at location X?
How many degrees is the Earth tilted?
What compass direction must an observer look to see the noontime sun in NYS?
Put these in order from largest to smallest… Milky Way Galaxy, Universe, Solar System
What type of surface is the best reflector (color and texture)? Choices
What causes convection currents in Earth’s asthenosphere?
State the name of the landscape region represented by letters A, B and C.
Which cross section best represents the magnetic field pattern west of the Mid. Atlantic ridge?
Name some greenhouse games.
In which direction do winds blow across the United States?
Towards which letter will the low pressure system move over the next couple days?
What is being represented by the red X? X
What is the air pressure at this city?
Where is the Sun located in relation to Earth’s orbit?
At what time of day is an observers shadow the longest? http: //astro. unl. edu/naap/motion 3/animations/sunmotions. swf
Why are the climates of coastal locations different than the climates of continental/inland locations?
What is permeability?
What is the time in New York City when it is noon in Denver?
How are sediments deposited by water? BIGGEST SMALLEST
a. toward Earth b. away from Earth c. in an elliptical orbit around the Sun d. in a circular orbit around the Sun
a. b. c. d.
What shaped valleys do glaciers form?
What happens to the sediments being carried by a stream when it enters a large body of water?
What type of surface is the best absorber (color and texture)? Choices
What time of day is it when the sun is at the position shown in the diagram?
What shaped valleys do rivers form?
Which map best represents the type of fronts and direction of movement of these fronts in relation to the low-pressure center?
What causes the different physical characteristics of a mineral?
What are some cyclic events that occur on Earth? What does that mean?
How are sediments deposited by glaciers?
Which beaker has the greatest porosity?
At which two positions of the Moon is an eclipse of the Sun or Moon possible?
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