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.
CaCO3
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