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Name:______________________________________________
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1. How much of an 800-gram sample of C14 is left after 3 half-lives? ___________________
2. During which phase change is the most energy released? _____________________
3. How much energy is used if 1 gram of Copper is heated from 85°C to 95°C ?____________________
4. From the specific heat chart... which material heats and cools the slowest?_________________
5. If the density of 4.7g/ml and a mass of 1.6 g what is the volume? _______________
6. The mass of an object is 56.3g and the volume is 45.5 ml. Density =__________, sink or float in water?______
7. What is the orbital eccentricity of a planet if the foci distance is 9.2 cm and the major axis
is 18.3 cm? __________________
8. Point A is 580 m in elevation and Point B is100 meters. The distance between is 5.3 km.
What is the slope (gradident)?____________________________
9. What is the most common element, by volume, in the earth's crust? ___________________
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10. Locate the central latitude and longitude of the following landscape regions in NYS:
a. Tug Hill Plateau _____________________
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b. Adirondack Mountains ________ ________ _____
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c. Allegheny Plateau ________ ________ _____
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11. Within what landscape is Great Neck located? ___________________
12. Where are the oldest rocks in New York State? _____________ Their age ___________________
13. Where are the youngest rocks in New York State? _____________ Their age ___________________
14. Which landscape region(s) of NYS have no fossils? ________________
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42˚20’ N and 76˚30’ W… what city is this? ___________________
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16. Describe the Gulf Stream: direction of movement ________________temperature of current __________
17. Describe the California Current : direction of movement ________________temperature of current _____
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18. Major plates of the world: __________________ ___________________
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19. List the 3 major plate boundaries / motions _________________ _________________ _______________
20. Describe the relationship between the tectonics map and the locations of volcanic activity?__________
21. What is the driving force of Plate Tectonics?_____________________________________________
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22. If a stream's velocity is 50.0 cm/sec what sediments can be carried? __________________________
23. Cementation/compaction of a particle .055 cm in diameter will most likely form what type of rock? ____
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24. What minerals are found in granite? _____________________________________________
25. How does rhyolite differ from granite? ___________________________________________
26. Which minerals are not present in felsic type igneous rocks but are present in mafic type
igneous rocks? __________________________________________
27. What process must a rock undergo in order to become igneous? ___________________________________
28. What process must a rock undergo in order to become metamorphosed? ____________________________
29. List all the terms associated with the formation of sedimentary rocks. _____________________________
30. What are the two major divisions of sedimentary rocks? ________________________________________
31. How is a breccia different from a conglomerate? __________________________________
32. How is rock gypsum formed? __________________________________________________
33. What are the main types of metamorphism? ______________________________________
34. What are the two major textures of metamorphic rocks? ____________________________
35. Complete:
metamorphic rock ---------------> parent rock
slate
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marble
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quartzite
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36. During which time period were trilobites common? _________________________________
37. What is the approximate age of the Intrusion of the Palisades Sill? ____________________________
38. Which span of geologic time is the longest? _______________________________________
39. For how long did dinosaurs roam the earth? ______________________________________
40. How long ago did dinosaurs become extinct? ______________________________________
41. What was happening during the early Archean?____________________________________
42. Describe the motions of North America from the Ordovician to the Tertiary. _____________
43. When was the Taconic Orogeny and how did it happen? _____________________________
44. When did the Atlantic Ocean started to open?____________________________________
45. What is the official fossil of NYS (see cover/ page 1 )?____________________________________
46. List two geologic periods where NO rock is recorded in NYS: __________________ ____________
47. Fossil “U” is most similar to fossil “____________”
48. What is the time distribution of fossil “M” Eurypterus in NYS:_______________________________
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49. Which earth layer is the most dense ?____________________________________
50. What is the approximate pressure at the mantle-outer core interface? __________________
51. In which zone of the earth is the Earth' s temperature change the greatest? ____________
52. Describe where the Moho is located? ____________________________________________
53. How thick is the asthenosphere? _______________________________________________
54. What does ultramafic mean? __________________________________________________
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55. What is the approximate depth of the Outer Core from beginning__________ to end ________.
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56. What is the scale on the y-axis? ________________________________
57. What is the scale on the x-axis ? ________________________________
58. If P waves arrive 5 minutes and 20 seconds before S waves from an earthquake, what is the
distance of the observer from the epicenter? ________________________________________
59. If the epicenter is 2.2 x 103 km (2,200 km) from the observer, how long did it take the P-wave to travel to
the station? _________________________, S-Wave: _________________________________
60. If a P-wave arrives at 14:36:50 and the S-wave arrives at 14:45:20, what is the origin time?? _______________
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61. Find the dew point if the wet bulb reading is 3˚ C and the dry bulb is 6˚C _______________
62. Find the air temp. (dry bulb) if the dew point is 15˚C and the wet bulb depression is 5˚_________
63. What is the relative humidity if wet bulb is 4˚C and the dry bulb is 14˚C?___________________
64. What is the relative humidity if the air temperature is 10˚C and the dew point is 6˚C?_________________
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65. Find the equivalent values of the following:
a) 64˚ F = __________ ˚C b) 64˚ C = __________ ˚ F
b) 32˚ F = __________ ˚C d) -20˚C = __________ ˚F
66. Atmospheric Pressure convert: 30.00" Hg = ___________ mb 1004.0 mb = __________" Hg
67. What does the ESRT station Model show for: Wind direction:_________, Wind speed:_______
68. What is the present weather symbol for thunderstorms? _____________ rainshowers:________________
69. What is the moisture associated with a mT airmass?_____________________________________
70. Draw a weather Station model for the following information:
Town: Troyville
Air temp = 54° F , Dew point= 48° F
Relative Humidity= 42% , Winds= northeast @ 25 knots,
Pressure= 1014.2 mb, up 0.6 last 3 hours
Cloud cover= 75%, present weather= haze
71. Draw and label the following fronts. Color code and label where warm and cold air would be located.
WARM FRONT
COLD FRONT
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72. What happens to air pressure as atmospheric altitude increases? ____________________
73. In the atmosphere, all of our weather is found within the _________________________
74. At which zone in the atmosphere is the temperature > 50˚C? _________________
75. Describe the relationship of winds and warm and wet climates. _______________________
76. Which latitudes are associated with high pressure?_________, Low pressure____________
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77. Which planet has an orbit that is most circular? ________________________________
78. What planet has the longest period of revolution? __________________________________
79. .Which planet is the least dense? ________________________________________________
80. What color star is the Sun?_______________, Sirius _________________, Betelgeuse _______________.
81. During what stage do you find the largest stars? __________, smallest ________.
82. What four variables are used to classify stars? ___________, _____________, ___________,___________
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83. What mineral is dark and cleaves into sheets? _____________________________________
84. What mineral has a red streak? _________________________________________
85. List two properties of olivine. 1. ____________________________ 2. __________________________
86. What is the official NYS gem?______________________________________
87. What are the chemical symbols for: Iron ________, Potassium ________, Sodium ________,
Lead________ Magnesium________
88. Make 10 of your own questions NOT covered in the above 89 !!!!! Good luck. (answer also)
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Answer Key ESRT Final Review Hugick 2011
1. 100.0 g
2. Condensation
3. 658.6 J
4. Liquid water
5. 0.3 ml
6. 12.4 g/ml sink
7. 0.503
8. 52.2 m/km
9. O
10. 43° 30’ N 75° 45’ W , 43° 45’ N 74° 30’ W, 42° 20’ N 76° 00’ W
11. Atlantic Coastal Plain
12. Adirondacks, Middle Proterzoic
13. Long Island (Atlantic Coastal) , Cretaceous & early Pleistocene
14. Adirondacks, Manhattan Prong, Hudson Highlands, Taconic….
15. Buffalo
16. NE / W warm
17. S/ SW cold
18. …..
19. Convergent , divergent, transform
20. Where plated collide- earthquake & volcano can occur.
21. Convection cells
22. Pebbles, sand, silt, cobbles
23. Sandstone
24. Potassium feldspar, quartz, plagioclase feldspar, biotite, amphibole
25. Grain size
26. Pyroxene olivine
27. Melting, crystallization
28. Pressure / heat
29. Compaction, cementation, deposition, weathering, erosion
30. Inorganic land derived, chemical organic
31. Grain shape
32. Evaporation
33. Regional , contact
34. Foliated / non-foliated
35. Shale, limestone, sandstone
36. All Paleozoic periods
37. 299 my
38. Precambrian
39. 185.5 my
40. 65.5 my
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41. Biological carbon
42. Away
43. Ordovician & Iapetus Ocean
44. Jurassic
45. Eurypterus
46. Permian, Paleozoic
47. X
48. Silurian
49. Inner core
50. 3.1 moa
51. Crust / lithosphere
52. Btwn Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
53. 700 km
54. Iron – solid
55. 2900 to 5100km
56. 2000km
57. 20 sec
58. 3800 km
59. 4 min 20 sec, 8 min
60. 0:04:30
61. -1 °C
62. 20 °C
63. 8°C
64. 72%
65. 18, 0, 147. -4
66. 1016.0, 29.65
67. SW 15 knots
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69. High moisture
142
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+6
70.
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Troyville
71.
COLD AIR
WARM AIR
WARM AIR
COLD AIR
72. Decreases
73. Troposphere
74. Mesosphere
75. Convergent air
76. 30,90
0,60
77. Venus
78. Neptune
79. Saturn
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80. Yellow, blue/white, red
81. Intermediate. Late
82. Color, temp, mass, luminosity
83. Biotite
84. Hematite
85. Hardness 6.5 , green color , grainy
86. Garnet
87. Fe, K, Na, Pb, Mg
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