Mapping the Earth
Rocks
Weather
Dating
Misc
200

The altitude of Polaris equals this geographic measurement.

Observer’s latitude.

200

The mineral calcite is this chemical formula.

CaCO

p. 16 ESRT

200

The weather conditions for the following station model symbol.

Hail

200

The half-life of carbon-14 is this many years.

5,700 Years

200

Winds blow from areas of __________ pressure to areas of __________ pressure.

High to Low

400

The maximum longitude on Earth is this many degrees.

180°. 

p. 4-5 ESRT

400

This mineral has a hardness of 7 on Mohs scale.

Quartz

p. 16 ESRT

400

The air over a warm ocean is most likely __________  __________ air mass

Maritime Tropical

400

This index fossil is found only in the Devonian Period in the ESRT.

Eurypterus (M)

400

The fault type of the Mariana Trench.

Convergent Plate

600

This NYS city is located at approximately 42°N, 76°W.

Ithaca.

p. 3 ESRT

600

Basalt is classified as this type of igneous rock. 

(Extrusive/Intrusive)

(Mafic/Felsic)

Extrusive mafic rock.

600

A barometric pressure of 1023.7 mb is coded as this on a station model.

237

600

If 4 half-lives have passed for an isotope, how much of the original 100% remains?

6.25%

 100*(1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2)*(1/2) 

 100*(1/16) 

600

The ocean current that warms the climate of Western Europe is the __________.

The Gulf Stream

800

The closer the contour lines, the __________ the slope.

Steeper.

800

Coarse-grained igneous rocks form under these cooling conditions.

Slow cooling beneath Earth’s surface. (Intrusive)

800

A cloud is found where the air temperature equals this.

(DJ)

Dew Point

800

Carbon-14 is not used to determine the age of inorganic objects because _____________.

It is only present in significant quantities in organic remains.

800

The ESRT diagram showing the relationship between luminosity, temperature, and spectral class is called the __________.

HR (Hertzsprung–Russell diagram)

1000

A map scale of 1:24,000 means 1 cm on the map equals this many cm in real life. 

(DJ)

24,000 cm OR 240 m 

1000

This metamorphic rock has a parent rock of limestone.

Marble

1000

The relative humidity is this, when the dry bulb temperature is 26 °C and the wet bulb temperature is 23 °C, using a sling psychrometer.

77%

1000

The current age of the universe is approximately 13.8 billion (1.38*10^10) years old. How many half-lives of Rubidium-87 have passed? (Assuming Rubidium-87 was present at 0 years)

2.8 (2 full half-lives)

1000

This tropic is located at 23.5oS

Capricorn

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