June 2018 Earth Science Regents - Part A

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Meg Stewart
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Social Studies
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8th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1 min • 1 pt
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
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
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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