August 2019 Earth Science Regents Questions 21-30 Question Preview (ID: 55120)

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At which location would deposition of sediments most likely be greater than erosion?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

The land area drained by the Oswego River and its tributaries is called a

a) delta

b) watershed

c) water table

d) floodplain

Which sequence shows the order of landscape regions that are crossed as water flows through the Catskill Aqueduct?

a) Allegheny Plateau, Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands, Taconic Mountains, Newark Lowlands

b) Allegheny Plateau, Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands, Hudson Highlands, Manhattan Prong

c) Atlantic Coastal Plain, Newark Lowlands, Hudson Highlands, Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands

d) Atlantic Coastal Plain, Manhattan Prong, Hudson Highlands, Allegheny Plateau

The age of the granite that makes up the inclusions is most likely

a) older than the sandstone, but the same age as the granite bedrock

b) older than the sandstone and the granite bedrock

c) younger than the sandstone, but the same age as the granite bedrock

d) younger than the sandstone and the granite bedrock

When did faulting along line XY occur?

a) after the intrusion of rock unit A

b) after the deposition of rock units B, C, and D

c) after the formation of rock units E and F

d) before the formation of rock units G and H

Earthquake S-waves do not pass through which two interior Earth layers?

a) rigid mantle and asthenosphere

b) asthenosphere and stiffer mantle

c) stiffer mantle and outer core

d) outer core and inner core

If it takes a P-wave five minutes to travel from the epicenter of an earthquake to a seismic station, approximately how long will it take an S-wave to travel that same distance?

a) 15 minutes

b) 12 minutes

c) 9 minutes

d) 4 minutes

Which life-form existed on Earth for the shortest period of time?

a) dinosaurs

b) trilobites

c) ammonoids

d) placoderm fish

Silurian Salty seas resulted in the formation of halite layers. At the same time, Eurypterus lived in nearby environments. Both the halite layers and Eurypterus can now be used to identify a specific geologic time interval because both formed over a

a) large geographic area and in a short geologic time

b) large geographic area and in a long geologic time

c) small geographic area and in a short geologic time

d) small geographic area and in a long geologic time

Oxygen in Earth’s early atmosphere was first produced during the Precambrian from

a) cyanobacteria in Earth’s oceans

b) volcanic activity along plate boundaries

c) the absorption of sunlight by plants

d) evaporation of ocean water

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