ES-Aug 2016 Q41-50

The map shows the locations of major watersheds in New York State. Letters A through K represent individual watersheds.
 Over which two landscape regions do the streams in watershed D flow?

• Tug Hill Plateau and the Catskills
• Tug Hill Plateau and Erie-Ontario Lowlands
• Adirondack Mountains and Champlain Lowlands
• Adirondack Mountains and St. Lawrence Lowlands

Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the mineral chart below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The mineral chart lists some properties of five minerals that are the major sources of the same metallic element that is used by many industries.
Which two minerals have compositions that are most similar to calcite?

• brucite and carnallite
• carnallite and dolomite 
• dolomite and magnesite
• magnesite and olivine

Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the mineral chart below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The mineral chart lists some properties of five minerals that are the major sources of the same metallic element that is used by many industries.
Which mineral might scratch the mineral fluorite, but would not scratch the mineral amphibole?

• brucite 
• magnesite
• carnallite
• olivine

Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the mineral chart below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The mineral chart lists some properties of five minerals that are the major sources of the same metallic element that is used by many industries.
Which mineral has a different common color from its color in powdered form?

• brucite
• carnallite 
• magnesite
•  olivine

Base your answers to questions 5 through 7 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Locations A through D represent four positions of Earth in its orbit. Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) at position A, and farthest from the Sun (aphelion) at position C.
At which position is the gravitational attraction between the Sun and Earth the greatest?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Base your answers to questions 5 through 7 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Locations A through D represent four positions of Earth in its orbit. Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) at position A, and farthest from the Sun (aphelion) at position C.
Which change in seasons occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at position D?

• Winter is ending and spring is beginning
• Spring is ending and summer is beginning.
• Summer is ending and fall is beginning.
• Fall is ending and winter is beginning.

Base your answers to questions 5 through 7 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Locations A through D represent four positions of Earth in its orbit. Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) at position A, and farthest from the Sun (aphelion) at position C.
At all four positions, the northern end of Earth’s axis points toward
 

• the Sun
• the Moon
• Betelgeuse
• Polaris

Base your answers to questions 8 through 10 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents the apparent path of the Sun as observed at four locations, A through D, on Earth’s surface on the same date. The present positions of the Sun represent the same time of day at each location. The zenith (the position directly overhead) is shown for an observer at each location. [Diagrams are not drawn to scale.]
What is the approximate time of day represented at each location?

• 6:00 a.m
• 9:00 a.m. 
• 3:00 p.m.
• 6:00 p.m.

Base your answers to questions 8 through 10 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents the apparent path of the Sun as observed at four locations, A through D, on Earth’s surface on the same date. The present positions of the Sun represent the same time of day at each location. The zenith (the position directly overhead) is shown for an observer at each location. [Diagrams are not drawn to scale.]
 During the course of the day, which location had the greatest intensity of insolation at solar noon?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Base your answers to questions 8 through 10 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents the apparent path of the Sun as observed at four locations, A through D, on Earth’s surface on the same date. The present positions of the Sun represent the same time of day at each location. The zenith (the position directly overhead) is shown for an observer at each location. [Diagrams are not drawn to scale.]
Based on the Sun’s apparent path, where is location D?

• equator 
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• North Pole