WR: Due 05.22.25

Which characteristic must a tropical storm have to be classified as a hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

• enough strength to cause catastrophic damage

• a storm surge of at least 2.0 m

• central air pressure over 980 mb

• a windspeed of at least 119 km/hr

A hurricane with a central air pressure recorded at 28.70 inches has an expected storm surge of

• 1.3 m

• 2.0 m

• 3.3 m

• 4.0 m

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which graph best shows the relationship between the category number of a hurricane and the expected damage from the storm?

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which two emergency preparedness activities could town officials in Lawson take before a dam failure to protect people and property from the flood?

• Develop an evacuation plan and conduct flood drills

• Wait for the dam to fail and then respond

• Ignore the risk and focus on other emergencies

• Only inform officials after the flood occurs

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Which New York State landscape region is composed mainly of metamorphosed surface bedrock?

• Taconic Mountains

• Allegheny Plateau

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

• Erie–Ontario Lowlands

In which New York State landscape region is Albany located?

• Catskills

• Taconic Mountains

• Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands

• Chaplain Lowlands

At the end of the last period of glaciation, the natural environment of New York State probably looked like the present environment in

• Alaska

• North Carolina

• Texas

• Ohio

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the Earth Science Reference Tables, the map below, and your knowledge of Earth science. The isolines on the map show the increase in elevation that have occurred since the end of the ice age in this part of North America. A and B are two points on the isolines. Several towns within the area are indicated. U-shaped valleys, grooved and polished bedrock, and hills of mixed-sized sediments cover most of this area. These features and the crustal uplift that occurred were most likely caused by the

• erosion and deposition of stream sediments

• increase and decrease in the amount of water in Hudson Bay

• blowing and settling of large amounts of soil across Canada

• movement and melting of large continental ice sheets

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which current is a cool ocean current that flows completely around the Earth?

• California Current

• Gulf Stream Current

• Antarctic Circumpolar Current

• North Equatorial Current

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Surface ocean currents located at 40° south latitude, 90° west longitude generally flow toward the

• northeast

• southeast

• southwest

• west

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6