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Which event causes a temporary slowing or reversal of the surface ocean currents in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean, which may disrupt normal weather patterns in North America?

a) a volcanic eruption

b) a tsunami

c) El Niño

d) Grenville orogeny

What time is it in Portland, Oregon, when it is 9 p.m. in Cleveland, Ohio?

a) 5 p.m.

b) 6 p.m.

c) 11 p.m.

d) 12 midnight

Why are different constellations seen on these two dates at midnight?

a) Constellations rotate on an axis.

b) Constellations revolve around the Sun.

c) Earth rotates on its axis.

d) Earth revolves around the Sun.

Which letter represents the process of transpiration?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

These lake-effect snowstorms commonly occur in the region around Oswego during winter because Lake Ontario

a) cools the air so that it is no longer saturated, which then produces frozen drops of water

b) warms the air so that it is no longer saturated, which then produces frozen drops of water

c) cools the air, which rises, contracts, and warms to the dewpoint, forming clouds and snow

d) warms the air, which rises, expands, and cools to the dewpoint, forming clouds and snow

Assuming that no overturning of rock layers has occurred, which geologic outcrop containing New York State index fossils represents the correct sequence of time within the same group of organisms?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

Equal areas of which type of surface absorb the most insolation?

a) dark-colored and smooth

b) dark-colored and rough

c) light-colored and smooth

d) light-colored and rough

Which material requires the least amount of heat energy to raise its temperature one Celsius degree?

a) liquid water

b) ice

c) basalt

d) granite

One characteristic of a good index fossil is that the organisms that produced these fossils

a) left remains that can be found in igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks

b) lived over a wide geographic area

c) existed on Earth for a long period of geologic time

d) lived both on land and in the water during part of their lives

During which geologic epoch was nearly all of Earth’s landmass inferred to have been located in the Southern Hemisphere?

a) Early Cretaceous

b) Early Mississippian

c) Middle Triassic

d) Middle Ordovician

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