Weekly Review #5

Which element, found in both biotite mica and muscovite mica, makes up the greatest percent by volume of Earth’s crust?

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• potassium

• silicon

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The inferred temperature and pressure of Earth’s interior at a depth of 3,000 kilometers are approximately

• 1000°C and 0.5 million atmospheres

• 1000°C and 1.0 million atmospheres

• 5000°C and 1.5 million atmospheres

• 5000°C and 3.0 million atmospheres

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Which agent of erosion most likely formed the drumlins and finger lakes in New York State?

• running water

• moving ice

• wave action

• mass movement

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The longest portion of the Genesee River in New York State flows through which landscape region?

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Allegheny Plateau

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

What caused the interior of Earth to separate into layers?

• a decrease in the rate of rotation of Earth

• the gravitational pull on materials of varying densities

• variations in heating by the Sun due to Earth’s tilt

• collisions with meteors and comets

Which plate tectonic events occurred as the Iapetus Ocean closed?

• Taconian orogeny and Grenville orogeny

• Taconian orogeny and Acadian orogeny

• Alleghenian orogeny and Acadian orogeny

• Alleghenian orogeny and Grenville orogeny

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which mineral will scratch fluorite, galena, and pyroxene?

• graphite

• calcite

• olivine

• dolomite

Which radioactive isotope is most often used when determining the age of fossil bones found in sediments deposited during the Holocene Epoch?

• carbon-14

• potassium-40

• uranium-238

• rubidium-87

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The photograph below shows index fossil shells found in bedrock in New York State. These index fossil shells were most likely found in the surface bedrock of which landscape region?

• Adirondack Mountains

• The Catskills

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Tug Hill Plateau

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A timeline from the origin of Earth until the present is shown below. At which letter on the timeline did the Ediacaran fauna exist?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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