Astromony
Cosmic background radiation provides evidence of the
Big Bang Theory
Which two weather symbols represent severe weather?
Show on board
Equal areas of which surface absorb the most insolation and heat up most rapidly on a sunny day?
Dark and rough
What is the primary reason that water-filled cracks in rock widen in winter?
Water expands when it freezes
Explain what would happen to the water in the pond if the liner were removed.
The water will drain through the soil
Approximately how many degrees does Earth travel in its orbit in six months?
180
3 Compared to the average air temperature at the stratopause, the average air temperature at the mesopause is
3) 90°C lower
If landscape areas receive equal amounts of precipitation, which characteristic will likely produce the greatest amount of runoff?
Steep slope and saturated ground or low permeability
Which stream velocity would cause medium and coarse sand (.04) to settle to the bottom of the stream, while fine sand continues to move downstream?
1 cm/s
0 The glacial moraines that form much of Long Island, New York, mark the farthest advance of this ice sheet. Describe the arrangement of rock particles making up these moraines
unsorted and unlayered
4 The constellation Orion is visible in New York State in the night sky during winter, but is not visible in New York State in the night sky during summer because
Earth Revolves around the sun
Which atmospheric gas is important because it protects living things on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation?
Ozone
Which two hot spots are located on the same tectonic plate?
(1) Tasman and Easter Island Hot Spots
(2) Hawaii and Yellowstone Hot Spots
(3) Iceland and Bouvet Hot Spots
(4) Canary Islands and St. Helena Hot Spots
4
Which mineral resource is used in making both furnace bricks and jewelry?
olivene
Old river valleys in central New York State were eroded by glacial ice, forming the Finger Lakes. Describe the cross-sectional shape of the original stream-cut valleys. Describe the cross-sectional shape of the valleys after they were carved by glacial ice.
U shape valley
In NYS a shadow will always point
North
The polar front jet stream in Earth’s atmosphere is located in the upper
Troposphere
7 Long Island is part of which New York State landscape region?
Atlantic coastal Plain
The same side of the Moon is always visible to an observer on Earth because the Moon has a period of
Rotation equal to revolution
In some places, grooves and parallel scratches on surface bedrock provide evidence that the ice sheet moved over this bedrock. Explain how the grooves and scratches were produced by glacial movement.
Because the rocks inside the glacier scratched the bedrock as the glacier moved. Abrasion
What is the proof that the earth rotates
Foucault Pendulum
Many periods of global warming have occurred during the last 100,000 years. The inferred primary cause of the current rise in global temperatures is the
Increase in green house gasses
Kettle lakes are formed when blocks of glacial ice are partially buried by sediments and melt on
Outwash plains
2 The garden pond owner has to add water to the pond on a regular basis. Explain why the water surface level would naturally decrease if the owner did not perform this task. [1]
It will evaporate away
Drumlin