Earth Science Regents Review #2

Front

Which process releases 2260 joules of heat
energy per gram of water into the environment? Options: melting, freezing, condensation, evaporation

Back

condensation

Front

What is the range of pressure in Earth’s interior where rock with a density range of 9.9 to 12.2 g/cm3 is found?

Back

1.4 to 3.1 million atmospheres

Front

In which landscape region are New York State’s
Finger Lakes primarily located? Options: Adirondack Mountains, Allegheny Plateau, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Erie-Ontario Lowlands

Back

Allegheny Plateau

Front

Which two features are commonly found at divergent plate boundaries? Options: mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys, wide valleys and deltas, ocean trenches and subduction zones, hot spots and island arcs

Back

mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys

Front

New York State bedrock of which age contains
salt, gypsum, and hematite?

Back

Silurian

Front

Scientists infer that oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere did not exist in large quantities until after: photosynthetic cyanobacteria evolved in Earth’s oceans.

Back

photosynthetic cyanobacteria evolved in Earth’s oceans

Front

Which organisms were alive when New York
State was last covered by a continental ice sheet? Options: Eurypterus and Cooksonia, Aneurophyton and Naples Tree, mastodont and Beluga whale, Coelophysis and Elliptocephala

Back

mastodont and Beluga whale

Front

One difference between a breccia rock and a conglomerate rock is that the particles in a breccia rock are

Back

more angular

Front

Which ocean current has the greatest warming influence on the climate of the Outer Banks of North Carolina?

Back

Gulf Stream Current

Front

Which 2 layers of the Earth form the lithosphere? Options: Crust and Core, Crust and lower mantle, Crust and upper mantle, Crust and middle mantle

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Crust and upper mantle