June 2019 Earth Science Regents Questions 11-20 Question Preview (ID: 55105)

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A climate event that occurs when surface water in the eastern equatorial area of the Pacific Ocean becomes warmer than normal and may cause a warm, dry winter in New York State is

a) an air mass formation

b) the Doppler effect

c) an El Niño

d) a monsoon

During which geologic period was the region of Washington State closest to the equator?

a) Cretaceous

b) Triassic

c) Mississippian

d) Ordovician

Most of the infrared radiation given off by Earth’s surface is absorbed in Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, and

a) hydrogen

b) nitrogen

c) oxygen

d) methane

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

a) blacktop parking lot

b) white sand beach

c) white sand beach

d) snow covered mountain slope

Which location would most likely have cloud cover and precipitation?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Which process most likely caused the formation of the Michigan Basin?

a) uplift

b) faulting

c) metamorphism

d) downwarping

Which answer correctly matches each letter with the type of frontal boundary it represents?

a) A - Cold Front; B - Warm Front; C - Occluded Front

b) A - Cold Front; B - Front; C - Stationary Front

c) A - Occluded Front; B - Warm Front; C - Cold Front

d) A - Warm Front; B - Cold Front; C - Occluded Front

Which index fossil in sedimentary surface bedrock most likely indicates that a marine environment once existed in the region where the sediments were deposited?

a) Mastodont

b) Condor

c) Eospirifer

d) Coelophysis

What is indicated by the dashed line labeled X?

a) watershed

b) water table

c) impermeable bedrock

d) impermeable soil

When one gram of liquid water at its boiling point is changed into water vapor

a) 334 J/g is gained from the surrounding environment

b) 334 J/g is released into the surrounding environment

c) 2260 J/g is gained from the surrounding environment

d) 2260 J/g is released into the surrounding environment

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