June 2019 Earth Science Regents Questions 41-50 Question Preview (ID: 55108)

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What is the range of grain sizes that are most commonly found in rock making up this feature?

a) 0.0004 cm – 0.006 cm

b) 0.006 cm – 0.2 cm

c) 0.2 cm – 6.4 cm

d) 6.4 cm – 25.6 cm

Which erosional agent is most likely sandblasting this rock formation?

a) wind

b) waves

c) running water

d) moving ice

Which activity could best prepare residents along the Mediterranean coast to reduce the loss of human life during a future tsunami?

a) Board up windows.

b) Remove heavy objects from the walls in homes.

c) Plan evacuation routes to higher ground.

d) Build reinforced basements.

Which two New York State index fossils are most closely related to the corals that were radioactively dated in this study?

a) Eucalyptocrinus and Ctenocrinus

b) Elliptocephala and Phacops

c) Maclurites and Platyceras

d) Lichenaria and Pleurodictyum

What are the names of the major tectonic plates X and Y?

a) X = Eurasian Plate; Y = African Plate

b) X = Eurasian Plate; Y = Arabian Plate

c) X = Indian-Australian Plate; Y = African Plate

d) X = Indian-Australian Plate; Y = Arabian Plate

As this storm system follows a normal storm track, it will most likely move toward the

a) southeast

b) southeast

c) northeast

d) northwest

Which type of plate boundary is represented at point A?

a) divergent

b) convergent

c) transform

d) complex

The best evidence on a weather map to indicate high-speed winds near the center of this storm system would most likely be

a) cloud cover of 100%

b) type of precipitation

c) temperature and dewpoint values

d) isobars drawn close together

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

a) inward and clockwise

b) inward and counterclockwise

c) outward and clockwise

d) outward and counterclockwise

What is the tilt of Earth’s rotational axis relative to a line perpendicular to the plane of Earth’s orbit?

a) 15°

b) 23.5°

c) 66.5°

d) 90°

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