USING THE
ESRT
Use
the Earth Science Reference Tables to answer the following questions:
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1. Measure the width of this page to the nearest 0.1
cm.___________________
2. How much of a 400-gram sample of K40 is left after 2
half-lives? ___________________
3. During which phase change is the most energy
gained?__________________
4. From the specific heat chart... which material heats and cools
the fastest?_________________________
5. A material has a density of 4.5g/ml and a mass of 2.6grams, what
is the volume?__________________
6. What is the percentage error if a student calculates the Earth's
radius to be 6400km? __________________
7. What is the orbital eccentricity of a planet if the foci
distance is 7.6 cm and the major axis is 15.2 cm? ______________________________
8. On a topo map. Point A is 456 meters in elevation. Point B is 1256 meters. They are 12.2 km apart. What is the gradient?____________________________
9. Locate the approximate latitude and longitude of the following
landscape regions in New York State: (also use page 3)
a. Tug Hill Plateau ________________lat._
________________long.
b. Taconic Mountains ________________lat._
________________long.
c. Triassic / Newark
Lowlands ________________lat._ ________________long.
10. Within what landscape is Manhattan Island located?___________________
11. Where are the youngest rocks in New York State?_____________
12. Where are the oldest rocks in New York State?_____________
13. Which region(s) of New York State would have little evidence of
fossils?__________
14. Which city is located closest to 43˚N and 77˚38'
W?_____________
15. How old are the oldest sedimentary rocks in New York
State?_____________
16. How old are the oldest rocks that are found in New York State?_____________
17. Describe the motions of the Gulf Stream._______________________
18. In what direction does the California current flow?__________________
19. List the major
plates of the world: __________________
__________________ __________________
__________________ __________________
__________________ __________________
__________________ __________________
__________________
20. List the major plate boundaries due to plate tectonics (draw an
arrow diagram showing the relative motion of the plates at each boundary).
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
21. Describe the relationship between the tectonics map and the
locations of volcanic activity?
______________________________________________________________________________
22. If a stream's velocity increases from 20 cm/sec to 100 cm/sec,
what sediments can be carried?
_______________________________________________________________
23. A cementation/compaction of a particle .055 cm in diameter will
most likely form what type of rock?
____________________________
24. Evaporites can be listed as minerals and rocks. How are they
formed?_______________________________
25. Sandstone differs from limestone based on particle size. How is
their point of origin different?
26. What minerals are found in
granite?__________________________________________________________
27. How does rhyolite differ from
granite?_______________________________________________________
28. Which minerals are not present in felsic type igneous
rocks but are present in mafic type igneous rocks?
__________________________________________
29. How do felsic and mafic igneous rocks differ in density, color,
and mineral content?
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
30. What process must a rock undergo in order to become
igneous?____________________________________
31. What process must a rock undergo in order to become
metamorphosed?______________________________
32. List all the terms associated with the formation of sedimentary
rocks._________________________________
33. What are the two major divisions of sedimentary
rocks?___________________________________________
34. How is a breccia different from a
conglomerate?__________________________________________________
35. How is rock gypsum
formed?________________________________________________________________
36. What is the composition of rock salt?__________________
37. How is chemical and fossil limestone
different?________________________________________________
38. What are the main types of
metamorphism?___________________________________________________
39. What are the two major textures of metamorphic rocks?
40. Complete:
metamorphic rock ---------------> parent rock
slate
_________________
marble _________________
quartzite _________________
41. During which time period were trilobites
common?______________________________________________
42. What is the approximate age of the Appalachian
plateau?_________________________________________
43. Which span of geologic time is the
longest?___________________________________________________
44. For how long did dinosaurs roam the
earth?___________________________________________________
45. How long ago did dinosaurs become
extinct?__________________________________________________
46. Which is the most recent time period where North America and
Africa are believed to be separated?
__________________________________________________________
47. Describe the motions of North America from the Ordovician to
the Tertiary.__________________________
48. When was the Taconic Orogeny and how did it
happen?____________________________________
49. When did the Atlantic Ocean started to
open?____________________________________
50. What is the official fossil of NYS (see cover)?____________________________________
51. Which earth layer is the most dense
?____________________________________
52. What is the approximate pressure at the mantle-outer core
interface?________________________________
53. In which strata of the earth is the Earth' s temperature change
the greatest?___________________________
54. Describe where the Moho is
located?_______________________________________________________
55. How thick is the asthenosphere?___________________________________________________________
56. What does ultramafic
mean?______________________________________________________________
57. What is the composition and phase of the inner core?____________________________________
58. What is the scale on the y-axis (earthquake chart)?
_____________________________________________
59. What is the scale on the x-axis (earthquake chart)?
_____________________________________________
60. If P waves arrive 5 minutes and 20 seconds before S waves from
an earthquake, what is the distance of the observer from the epicenter?
____________________________________
61. If the epicenter is 2.2 x 103 km from the observer,
how long did it take the P-wave to travel to the station?
_________________________, S-Wave:
_________________________________
62. What is the most common element, by volume, in the earth's crust?___________________________________
63. Find the dew point if the wet bulb reading is 3˚ C and the
dry bulb is 6˚C_______________________________
64. Find the air temp. (dry bulb) if the dew point is 15˚C and
the wet bulb depression is 5˚C__________________
65. What is the relative humidity if the air temperature is 10˚C and the dew point is 6˚C?__________________
66. Find the equivalent values of the following:
a) 64˚ F = __________ ˚C
b) 64˚ F = __________ ˚ K
c) 32˚ F = __________ ˚C
d) 71˚C = __________ ˚F
67. a. From what direction is the wind blowing on the station
model? ____________________________________
b.
What is the wind speed in knots on the station
model?____________________________________
68. What is the present weather symbol for
thunderstorms?___________________________________________
69. Draw and label
each type of weather front, determine where the cold and warm air masses are in
relation to these frontal boundaries:
70. a) What happens to air pressure as atmospheric altitude
increases? ___________________________________
b) convert: 30" Hg = ___________________ mb (pressure)
71. In the atmosphere, all of our weather is found below in the
________________________________________
72. Which form of energy has a wavelength of 10-4 meters
in size?_____________________________________
73. At which zone in the atmosphere does the temperature go over
50˚C?________________________________
74. Describe the relationship of winds and wet and moist
climates._____________________________________
75. Which latitudes are associated with high pressure?___________________, Low pressure _______________
76. Which planet has an orbit shaped most like a
circle?______________________________________________
77. What planet has the longest period of
revolution?________________________________________________
78.Which planet is the most
dense?____________________________________________________________
79. a) What color star is the Sun?_________________, Sirius
_________________,
Betelgeuse _______________.
b) What part of the H-R Diagram to you find the largest stars?
______________, smallest _____________.
80. What two variables are used to classify stars?__________________________________________________
81. What mineral is dark and cleaves into sheets?
_________________________________________________
82. What metallic mineral has a red
streak?______________________________________________________
83. List two properties of olivine. 1. ___________________________
2. ______________________________
84. What are the
chemical symbols for: Iron ________, Potassium ________, Sodium ________, Sulfur
________
85.
Which three fossils might appear to have been related?