Graphs/tables/infographics
Deep Space
Earth Surface Processes
Rocks, Minerals and Earth's insides
Wild Card Questions
100
List the letters representing locations A, B, C, and D to show the pattern in the ages of rock from youngest to oldest.
C, B, A, D
100
How long is the Hydrogen to Helium stage in the generalized nucleosynthesis of a Massive Star?
7x10^6 years
100
What are three agents of erosion? (there are more than 3 so pick the 3 you remember)
Moving water(rivers or waves), gravity, wind, moving ice(glaciers)
100
What is the difference between rock and minerals?
Rocks are made of multiple minerals typically and minerals are made of uniform amounts of elements.
100
What is the strongest agent of Erosion?
Water
200
Which proposed solution would best protect an Icelandic community from a lava fl ow when considering constraints such as costs and equipment?
Solution C, lava flow barrier
200
Daily Double
What effect do we see on the electromagnetic spectrum due to the universe expanding?
Red shift
200
What effects will building a large parking lot have on the amount of runoff experienced in that area?
Runoff will increased because the parking lot is impermeable
200
What two rocks form from evaporation of water from a shallow sea? refer back to pg. 14 of your ESSRT
Gypsum and Rock Salt
200
Make a claim: What would you suggest to a mining company to make there practices more sustainable?
Some suggestions could be but are not limited to:
reduce freshwater use, take measures to reduce groundwater contamination, recycle materials
300
Describe a property of water that increases the deformation of concrete due to repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
Also, describe the relative amount of deformation to concrete samples when metal rebar is added compared to samples without rebar.
Property of water: it expands when it freezes
Relative Deformation: less deformation in concrete that has rebar
300
What quality of a star effects how long it will live?
The stars mass
300
Which beaker would have the lowest percentage of porosity? Beaker A filled with Pebbles or Beaker B filled with Silt?
Beaker A
300
Using your ESSRT page 9, what kind of rock is mined near Kingston NY?
Carbonate rock
300
Daily Double:
Name the kind of rock that would result in a tectonic convergence spot?
Metamorphic but igneous is also possible
400
Describe how the pattern of movement of the polar jet stream changed when the polar vortex changed from stable to disrupted. Also, describe how one weather condition most likely changed for New York State residents. 
Change in polar jet stream pattern:
— The polar jet stream will change from being not wavy to wavy.
— The polar jet stream will change from staying farther to the north to dropping farther to the south.
Change in weather condition:
— New York State residents will experience colder temperatures as the polar jet stream becomes more wavy.
— Precipitation will become more likely
400
List one kind of element that would be found in a young star and one element found in an old star?
Young: hydrogen or Helium
Old: silicon, iron(at the very end of its life)
400
Daily Double:
A new factory is built in a coastal town, list at least one effect to Earth surface that this construction will have on one of Earth's spheres?
Hydrosphere: ocean acidification, shell of living organisms get weaker, etc
Atmosphere: increased CO2, increases global temp, etc
Biosphere: increased photosynthesis
400
Using your ESSRT, can you determine what mineral a geologist is examining based on the following information?
It is non-metallic, harder than glass, poor cleavage and is often dark red to reddish-brown in color.
Garnet
Fun Fact: It is the NYS mineral
400
What would Kepler using his laws predict would happen to the velocity of a plant as it moves closer to its star in its orbit?
It would spread up
500
500
A planet named Six7th has a distance between foci of 8 light years and the length of its whole orbit is 13 light years, What is this planet's eccentricity and is greater or less than that of Earth?
Ecc: .615 which is greater than Earth eccentricity of 0.017
500
What will happen to the rate of dissolution of marble rock if humans were to increase atmospheric CO2?
It would increase
500
Using your ESSRT, Determine which mineral is listed as both metallic and non-metallic
Hematite
500
Use information from the Volcanic Eruption Model to describe how aerosols ejected from volcanoes affect energy fl ow into and out of Earth’s system. Also, describe the change in climate in the years following volcanic eruptions that most likely results from this change in energy fl ow. 
Effect of aerosols on energy flow:
— Ejected aerosols result in less solar energy reaching Earth’s surface due to reflection of radiation and more energy being directed into the atmosphere above the aerosols.
— Volcanic aerosols reflect more energy back into the upper atmosphere, which causes less energy to reach Earth’s surface.
Change in climate:
— Less energy reaching Earth’s surface would result in decreased surface temperatures.
— Air temperatures would be cooler due to less incoming solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface.