June 2018 Earth Science Regents - Part A

June 2018 Earth Science Regents - Part A

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Meg Stewart

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8th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

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The photographs to the left show two types of solar eclipses. Letters A and B represent two celestial objects.


Which two celestial objects are represented by letters A and B?

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

Compared to the terrestrial planets, the Jovian

planets

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

45 sec • 1 pt

Which event occurred more than 10 billion years

ago?

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

45 sec • 1 pt

In 1851, French physicist Léon Foucault used a swinging pendulum to demonstrate that Earth

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

Approximately how many degrees does Earth travel in its orbit in one month?

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the relative humidity when the dry- bulb temperature is 16°C and the wet-bulb temperature is 10°C?

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

Boarding up windows would be one emergency action most likely taken to prepare for which natural disaster?

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

Which diagram best represents the general position and direction of flow of the polar front jet stream in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter months?

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

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The diagram represents four positions of the Moon, labeled A through D, as it orbits Earth.


Which diagram best represents the sequence of Moon phases, as seen by an observer in New York State, when the Moon travels from position A to position D in its orbit around Earth?

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1 min • 1 pt

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The diagrams shown represent spectral lines of hydrogen gas observed in a laboratory and the spectral lines of hydrogen gas observed in the light from a distant star.


Compared to the spectral lines observed in the laboratory, the spectral lines observed in the light from the distant star have shifted toward the

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