Regents Earth Science

What table correctly matches each type of eclipse with the orbital position of the Moon and cause of each eclipse?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is indicated by the line labeled X?

• watershed

• water table

• impermeable bedrock

• impermeable soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which Earth surface would most likely absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day if all of these surfaces have equal areas?

• blacktop parking lot

• white sand beach

• surface of a calm lake

• snow covered mountain slope

Which lettered rock layer is the youngest

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

What is the standard time allowed for completing the tasks at each of the three stations in the Earth Science Regents lab practical?

• 5 minutes

• 7 minutes

• 9 minutes

• 11 minutes

What is the primary cause of climate change?

• Orbital variations of the Earth

• Solar radiation variations

• Human activities

• Volcanic eruptions

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Earth's crustal bedrock at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is composed mostly of

• basalt, with a density of 2.7 g/cm³

• basalt, with a density of 3.0 g/cm³

• granite, with a density of 2.7 g/cm³

• granite, with a density of 3.0 g/cm³

The result of this glacial action will be a

• U-shaped valley with scratched grooved bedrock

• U-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

• V-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock

• V-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The surface wind circulation pattern around the center of this storm system is

• inward and clockwise

• inward and counterclockwise

• outward and clockwise

• outward and counterclockwise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If the same two elements were detected in a distant star that was moving away from Earth, how would the spectral lines appear?

• The entire set of spectral lines would shift toward the red end.

• The entire set of spectral lines would shift toward the blue end.

• The spectral lines of the shorter wavelengths would move closer togetehr.

• The spectral lines of the longer wavelengths would move closer together.

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3