Weather/Climate
MAPPING
ASTRONOMY
MOTIONS OF THE EARTH, MOON, AND SUN
Rocks/Minerals
Plate Tectonics
Geologic History / Misc.
Weathering and Erosion / Landscapes
REGENTS REVIEW
100

This instrument measures temperature

Thermometer

100

WHAT IS A CONTOUR LINE

CONNECTS EQUAL LINES OF ELEVATION

100

WHAT IS A CELESTIAL OBJECT

ANYTHING ABOVE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

100

WHAT GENERAL DIRECTION DOES THE SUN RISE IN?

THE EAST

100

Minerals are made of this

What are elements?

100

This type of plate boundary is when two plates are colliding with each other

What is convergent?

100

The idea of superposition describes rock layers ______

show oldest rocks lower in an outcrop / Youngest on top of outcrop

100

What are the two types of weathering?

Physical and Chemical

100

EARTH REVOLVES ABOUT____ DEGREES PER DAY

1 DEGREE

200
This instrument measures the moisture in the air

Sling psychrometer

200

WHAT IS A CONTOUR INTERVAL

THE NUMBER BETWEEN EACH LINE

200

HOW OLD IS THE UNIVERSE

13.8 BILLION YEARS OLD

200

WHAT DOES GEOCENTRIC MEAN?

EARTH CENTERED

200

ONE WAY IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED IS BY THE _______________(COMPOSITION) THAT MAKE THEM UP

Minerals

200

This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are sliding past each other

What is transform?
200

Two indicators of a good Index fossils require the organism to have __________

Lived in a wide geographic area and for a short amount of time.

200

This process describes the transportation of weathered materials to a new location

What is erosion?

200

WHAT DIRECTION DO LONGITUDE LINES RUN?

North-South

300
A location near a large body of water will have this type of climate (hint: warm/cold winters/summers)

Warm winters and cool summers

300
WHAT IS AN INDEX CONTOUR?

BOLD LABELED CONTOUR LINE (EVERY 5TH) FOR EASY MAP READING

300

DURING A RED SHIFT WAVES MOVE?

AWAY

300

IS NEW YORK IN THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

WHAT IS NORTHERN?

300

These igneous rocks are created on/near the surface of the Earth where lava solidifies 

What are extrusive igneous rocks?

300

This type of wave can only travel through solids

What is an s-wave?

300

The theory that all layers are deposited in parallel layers __________

What is original horizontality?  

300

This portion of the creek undergoes the most erosion

What is the outside bank, or outside of the curve?

300

COSMIC BACGROUND RADIATION IS EVIDENCE FOR THE _______________THEORY

BIG BANG

400

WHAT KIND OF WEATHER IS CONNECTED WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE?

Cloudy/stormy weather

400

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOOL THAT SHOWS DIRECTION ON A MAP

COMPASS OR COMPASS ROSE?

400

THE BIG BANG THEORY STATES THE UNIVERSE IS ?

EXPANDING FROM AN EXPLOSION

400

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THE MOON TO COMPLETE ONE CYCLE OF PHASES?

About 30 DAYS

400

NAME THE 2 KINDS OF LUSTER

WHAT IS METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC

400

Mid-ocean ridges are created at these type of plate boundaries

What are divergent?

400

This process in the water cycle describes how clouds are created

What is condensation?

400

These long, oval-shaped hills are created by glacier deposits and show the direction in which the glacier moved

What are drumlins?

400

THE FOUCAULT PENDULUM IS EVIDENCE THAT EARTH 

ROTATES ON ITS AXIS

500

A station model shows a station with 3 long flags and 1 short flag. What is the wind speed at this station?

What is 35 knots?

500

If Polaris is seen to be 50 degree above the horizon, what is your latitude?

50 degrees North

500

WHAT DOES LUMINOSITY MEAN?

BRIGHTNESS OF A STAR

500

NAME ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH ROTATES...

FOUCAULT PENDULUM

CORIOLIS EFFECT

DAY AND NIGHT

500

_______________ IS IF A MINERAL BREAKS INTO A SMOOTH FLAT SURFACES OR SPECIFIC SHAPES.

WHAT IS CLEAVAGE?

500

This layer of the Earth contains convection currents that lead to the motion of crustal plates.

What is the Asthenosphere?

500

This effect occurs when mountains alter the temperature and moisture of an area

What is the orographic effect?

500

This landscape region contains metamorphic bedrock and extent to high elevations

What are mountains?

500

What type of wind pattern is observed with low pressure systems?

What is counterclockwise and inward?

600

A station model shows a 3-digit code for pressure as "936". What is the actual air pressure?

What is 993.6 mb?

600

WHAT CAUSES THE CHANGING OF SEASONS?

TILT OF EARTH'S AXIS

600

This season occurs when we are tilted away from the sun

What is winter?

600

This model describes the sun being in the center of the solar system

What is heliocentric?

600

These rocks are created from the solidification of magma/lava

What are igneous rocks?

600

A p-wave can travel 4,000 km in this time

What is 7 minutes?

600

This type of convection current is caused by differences in density and pressure and occurs on the shores of beaches during the day.

What are seabreezes?

600

These parallel scratches are left behind by glaciers caused by the physical weathering of rocks embedded in the ice

What are striations?

600

This process occurs in the center of stars in which light and energy are created

What is nuclear fusion?

700

What are the two main greenhouse gases that contribute to a warmer atmosphere?

Carbon Dioxide and Methane

700

What is the formula for gradient?

Change in field value  /  distance

700

the earth rotates on its axis at an angle of

23.5 degrees

700

The sun sets in this direction on the first summer here in New York

What is Northwest?

700

This name is given to igneous rocks that show air pockets

What is vesicular?

700

A location typically in the middle of plates where volcanoes such as Hawaii exist are called ____________

What are hot spots?

700

This type of weather front occurs when the cold air of a cold front fully wraps around a low pressure?

What is an occluded front?

700

These glacial features are created when ice detaches from the glacier, is buried below sediments, melts, and creates a water feature

What is a Kettle Lake?

700

This describes how much energy it takes to heat 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius 

What is specific heat?