ESRT Midterm Practice (work with a partner)
Name:______________________________________________per___________
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1. If the density of 4.7g/ml and a mass of 1.6 g what is the volume? _______________
2. The mass of an object is 56.3g and the volume is 45.5 ml. Density =__________, sink or float in water?______
3. What is the orbital eccentricity of a planet if the foci distance is 9.2 cm and the major axis
is 18.3 cm? __________________
4. Point A is 580 m in elevation and Point B is100 meters. The distance between is 5.3 km.
What is the slope (gradient)?____________________________
5. What is the most common element, by volume, in the earth's crust? ___________________
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6. 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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7. Within what landscape is Great Neck located? ___________________
8. Where are the oldest rocks in New York State? _____________ Their age ___________________
9. Where are the youngest rocks in New York State? _____________ Their age ___________________
10. 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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12. Describe the Gulf Stream: direction of movement ________________temperature of current __________
13. Describe the California Current : direction of movement ________________temperature of current _____
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14. Major plates of the world: __________________ ___________________ _________________
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15. List the 3 major plate boundaries / motions _________________ _________________ _______________
16. Describe the relationship between the tectonics map and the locations of volcanic activity?__________
17. What is the driving force of Plate Tectonics?_____________________________________________
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18. What minerals are found in granite? _____________________________________________
19. How does rhyolite differ from granite? ___________________________________________
20. Which minerals are not present in felsic type igneous rocks but are present in mafic typeigneous rocks?
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What process must a rock undergo in order to become igneous? ___________________________________
What process must a rock undergo in order to become metamorphosed? ____________________________
List all the terms associated with the formation of sedimentary rocks. _____________________________
What are the two major divisions of sedimentary rocks? ________________________________________
How is a breccia different from a conglomerate? __________________________________
ESRT MIDTERM Practice
Dooher 2015
26. How is rock gypsum formed? __________________________________________________
27. What are the main types of metamorphism? ______________________________________
28. What are the two major textures of metamorphic rocks? ____________________________
29. Complete:
metamorphic rock ---------------> parent rock
slate
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marble
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quartzite
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30. What is the approximate age of the Intrusion of the Palisades Sill? ____________________________
31. When was the Taconic Orogeny and how did it happen? _____________________________
32. When did the Atlantic Ocean started to open?____________________________________
33. What is the official fossil of NYS (see cover/ page 1 )?____________________________________
34. List two geologic periods where NO rock is recorded in NYS: __________________ ____________
35. Fossil “U” is most similar to fossil “____________”
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36. Which earth layer is the most dense ?____________________________________
37. What is the approximate pressure at the mantle-outer core interface? __________________
38. In which zone of the earth is the Earth' s temperature change the greatest? ____________
39. Describe where the Moho is located? ____________________________________________
40. How thick is the asthenosphere? _______________________________________________
41. What does ultramafic mean? __________________________________________________
42. What is the approximate depth of the Outer Core from beginning__________ to end ________.
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43. What is the scale on the y-axis? ________________________________
44. What is the scale on the x-axis ? ________________________________
45. 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? ________________________________________
46. 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: _________________________________
47. If a P-wave arrives at 14:36:50 and the S-wave arrives at 14:45:20, what is the origin time?? _______________Page
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48. What mineral is dark and cleaves into sheets? _____________________________________
49. What mineral has a red streak? _________________________________________
50. List two properties of olivine. 1. ____________________________ 2. __________________________
51. What is the official NYS gem?______________________________________
52. What are the chemical symbols for: Iron ________, Potassium ________, Sodium ________, Lead________
Magnesium________
ESRT MIDTERM Practice
Dooher 2015