Earth Science Reference Table Review

Front

How old is a bone that has 12.5% of the original amount of radioactive carbon-14 remaining?

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17,100 years

Front

According to the graph, what is the half-life of this isotope?

Back

200 years

Front

The surface temperature of which sample increased at the slowest rate?
Options: water, basaltic sand, copper pennies, iron fragments

Back

water

Front

The average rate of temperature change, in Fahrenheit degrees per hour, between 6 a.m. and noon was

Back

3 °/h

Front

What is the density of this material?

Back

10.0 g/cm3

Front

How many joules are required to evaporate 1 gram of boiling water?

Back

2260

Front

Which pie graph correctly shows the percentage of elements by volume in Earth's troposphere?

Back

1

Front

New York State’s Catskills are classified as which type of landscape region? Options: mountain, plateau, lowland, plain

Back

plateau

Front

The surface bedrock at which location is most likely to contain this fossil (Bothriolepis)?
Options: Ithaca, Old Forge, Albany, New York City

Back

Ithaca

Front

Which ocean current warms the climate of northwestern Europe?

Back

North Atlantic Current