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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow old is a bone that has 12.5% of the original amount of radioactive carbon-14 remaining?5,700 years11,400 years17,100 years22,800 years
- 2. Multiple Choice
According to the graph, what is the half-life of this isotope?100 years150 years200 years300 years - 3. Multiple ChoiceThe surface temperature of which sample increased at the slowest rate?waterbasaltic sandcopper penniesiron fragments
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe average rate of temperature change, in Fahrenheit degrees per hour, between 6 a.m. and noon was6 °/h8 °/h3 °/h18 °/h
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the density of this material?1.0 g/cm35.0 g/cm310.0 g/cm320.0 g/cm3
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow many joules are required to evaporate 1 gram of boiling water?433422602594
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich pie graph correctly shows the percentage of elements by volume in Earth's troposphere?1234
- 8. Multiple ChoiceNew York State’s Catskills are classified as which type of landscape region?mountainplateaulowlandplain
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe surface bedrock at which location is most likely to contain this fossil (Bothriolepis)IthacaOld ForgeAlbanyNew York City
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich ocean current warms the climate of northwestern Europe?North Atlantic CurrentNorth Equatorial CurrentCanary CurrentLabrador Current
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich surface feature was produced by crustal movements at a transform plate boundaryEast African RiftTasman Hot SpotAleutian TrenchSan Andreas Fault
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich list correctly classifies each rock type?
1 - Sedimentary
2- Metamorphic
3 - Igneous
1 - Sedimentary
2 - Igneous
3 - Metamorphic
1 - Metamorphic
2 - Igneous
3 - Sedimentary
1 - Igneous
2 - Metamorphic
3 - Sedimentary
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA stream flowing at a velocity of 100 centimeters per second can transportsilt, but not sand, pebbles, or cobblessilt and sand, but not pebbles or cobblessilt, sand, and pebbles, but not cobblessilt, sand, pebbles, and cobbles
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which igneous rock is dark colored, cooled rapidly on Earth's surface, and is composed mainly of plagioclase feldspar, olivine, and pyroxene
Obsidian
Rhyolite
Gabbro
Scoria
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich sedimentary rocks are clastic and consist of particles that have diameters smaller than 0.006 centimeter?conglomerate and sandstonesiltstone and shalebituminous coal and brecciafossil limestone and chemical limestone
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich process most likely formed a layer of the sedimentary rock, gypsumprecipitation from seawaterfolding of clay-sized particlessolidification of magmamelting of sand-sized particles
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe metamorphic rock at location A is most likelymarblequartzitephylliteslate
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDuring which geologic time period did the coal-forming forests exist?DevonianQuaternaryMississippianPennsylvanian
- 19. Multiple ChoiceEvidence indicates that 251 million years ago a mass extinction of many life-forms occurred on Earth. Which form of life became extinct at this time?TrilobitesDinosaursMammothsEurypterids
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich group of organisms has the shortest record of life on Earth?eurypteridsbirdsgraptolitesplacoderm fish
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Palisades sill intruded as North America began the process of separating from Africa and Europe as Pangaea was breaking apart. Approximately when did these events occur?65 mya299 mya200 mya400 mya
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe inferred temperature and pressure of Earth's interior at a depth of 3,000 kilometers are approximately1000°C and 0.5 million atmospheres5000°C and 1.5 million atmospheres1000°C and 1.0 million atmospheres5000°C and 3.0 million atmospheres
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe distance from this seismic station to the epicenter of the earthquake is approximately1,600 km3,200 km4,400 km5,600 km
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIf the air temperature is 20°C and the relative humidity is 58%, what is the dewpoint?5°C12°C15°C38°C
- 25. Multiple ChoiceAn air temperature of 30°C is equal to–22°F–2°F74°F86°F
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA barometric pressure of 1021.0 millibars is equal to how many inches of mercury?29.8830.1530.2530.50
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich weather station model shows the highest relative humidity?1234
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich station model represents a location that is currently receiving some form of precipitation?1234
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe altitude of the ozone layer near the South Pole is 20 kilometers above sea level. Which temperature zone of the atmosphere contains this ozone layer?tropospherestratospheremesospherethermosphere
- 30. Multiple ChoiceA high air-pressure, dry-climate belt is located at which Earth latitude?0°15° N30° N60° N
- 31. Multiple ChoiceCompared with our Sun, the star Betelgeuse issmaller, hotter, and less luminouslarger, hotter, and less luminouslarger, cooler, and more luminoussmaller, cooler, and more luminous
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich characteristic of the planets in our solar system increases as the distance from the Sun increases?equatorial diameterperiod of rotationeccentricity of orbitperiod of revolution
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhich two characteristics do all Jovian planets have in common?small diameters and low densitieslarge diameters and low densitiessmall diameters and high densitieslarge diameters and high densities
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich mineral is hard enough to scratch calcite but is not hard enough to scratch amphibole?muscovite micaolivinefluoritegraphite
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following elements is not found in Plagioclase Feldspar?NaAlSiPb
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