Earth Science Regents Review Jeopardy

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What is New York States fossil?
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EURYPTERUS
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Which material has the highest specific heat?
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Water (liquid)

• 1.0 calories/gram C

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This element makes the most of the Earths Crust
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Oxygen
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This gas element is found most in atmosphere
(a.k.a. troposphere)
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Nitrogen
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These groups of element are used in dating
geological objects or features?
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Radioactive
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To calculate the density of a substance, we use
this formula
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dm/v

• ddensity
• mmass
• vvolume

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To calculate the eccentricity of an ellipse, we
use this formula

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eccentricity distance between foci
length of major axis
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To calculate the rate of change of snowfall, we
would use this formula
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Rate of change change in field
time

• It snowed 20 inches, in 2 days. What is the rate
  of change of snow?

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To calculate the gradient of a hill, we use this
formula?
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gradient change in field value
distance

• A hills elevation changes from 100 meters to 50
  meters over a 10 meter distance. What is the
  gradient of the slope?

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To calculate percent deviation, we would use this
formula?
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deviation () diff. from accepted value x 100
accepted value

• A child calculates the mass of a rock to be 100
  grams, when it actual weighs 105. What was the
  students percent deviation?

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What is luminosity?
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If a star is this color, it will be considered
the hottest
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BLUE
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This planet has a day longer then its year?
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Venus
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What is the most massive planet in our solar
system?
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JUPITER
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Which planet(s) would float if placed in a giant
cup of water?
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SATURN
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A line running North-South and measuring
distances East-West is called?
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Latitude
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This line runs East-West and measures distances
North-South is called?
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Longitude
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This city is located at 42 º N, 74 º 30 W
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Slide Mt.
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List one of the cities found near the 43º N
latitude line
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Niagara Falls, Rochester and Utica
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What is Binghamtons latitude and longitude?
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42º 05 N, 75 º 55 W

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This mineral may smell like rotten eggs
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Sulfur
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This is the softest, non metallic mineral
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Talc
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What is this mineral?
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Quartz
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This mineral may be attracted to a magnet
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Magnetite
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This mineral has the following chemical
composition Fe3Al2Si3O12
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Garnet