January 2018 Earth Science Regents Questions 11-20 Question Preview (ID: 55046)

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Most clouds form in the atmosphere when moist air

a) rises, expands, and cools to the dewpoint

b) rises, expands, and warms to the dewpoint

c) rises, expands, and warms to the dewpoint

d) sinks, compresses, and warms to the dewpoint

Equal areas of which surface would absorb the greatest amount of insolation on a sunny day?

a) light-colored, smooth surface

b) light-colored, rough surface

c) dark-colored, smooth surface

d) dark-colored, rough surface

Which natural event periodically weakens western surface ocean currents in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, resulting in a change in air temperature and precipitation patterns in the United States?

a) El Niño

b) transpiration

c) ocean tides

d) volcanic eruptions

Ocean gyre in the Northern Hemisphere consist of a number of surface ocean currents that,together,generally flow clockwise in a roughly circular pattern.Which list contains three warm surface ocean currents that make up most of the North Atlantic OG?

a) Kuroshio Current, North Pacific Current, and California Current

b) Canary Current, North Equatorial Current, and Equatorial Countercurrent

c) Labrador Current, North Atlantic Current, and East Greenland Current

d) Labrador Current, North Atlantic Current, and East Greenland Current

Most of the oceanic oxygen that began to enter Earth’s atmosphere in the early Proterozoic Era was probably produced by

a) formation of silicate rocks

b) photosynthesis by cyanobacteria

c) impact events on Earth’s surface

d) outgassing from volcanoes

During which geologic period did plants and animals first appear in land environments?

a) Cambrian

b) Ordovician

c) Silurian

d) Devonian

Sedimentary rock layers that were deposited between 488 million and 444 million years ago are found on the surface at which two New York State locations?

a) Ithaca and Jamestown

b) Utica and Syracuse

c) Utica and Syracuse

d) Albany and Massena

A volcanic ash layer is a good geologic time marker for correlating rock layers because the ash layer was deposited over a

a) limited geographic area over a short time

b) limited geographic area over a long time

c) wide geographic area over a short time

d) wide geographic area over a long time

This landslide is an example of

a) wind abrasion

b) wind abrasion

c) wave action

d) mass movement

Which cross section correctly represents a cold front and the air-mass movements associated with this front?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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