Download Question: Equal volumes of the four samples (iron

Question: Equal volumes of the four samples (iron fragments, basaltic sand, copper
pennies, and water) were placed outside and heated by energy from the Sun’s rays
for 30 minutes. The surface temperature of which sample increased at the slowest
rate?
Key words: iron, basalt, copper, water, heated, temperature, rate
Generalized Landscape Regions of New York State
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Key words: landscape regions, surface bedrock, geologic age
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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Picking the right table: Landscape regions can be found on the
Generalized Landscape Regions of New York State map (p. NY20).
Bedrock and geologic age information can be found on the Generalized
Bedrock Geology of New York State map (p. NY21). There is no table
that has both the landscape regions and the bedrock ages, so you must
use the two maps together. Both maps have the same scale, so they are
easy to compare.
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Question: Which two New York State landscape regions are formed mostly
of surface bedrock that is approximately the same geologic age?
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Picking the right table: This question is about how a substance’s temperature
changes as energy is added. The Physical Constants: Specific Heat of Common
Materials table (p. NY19) gives the specific heat of all the substances listed
in the question. The specific heat describes how much the temperature
of a material will change when a certain amount of energy is added to
it. The higher the specific heat, the more energy is needed to change the
temperature. Use this table to compare the specific heats of the four materials
in order to answer the question.
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GEOLOGICAL PERIODS AND ERAS IN NEW YORK
Question: According to the geologic record, during which geologic time
period did the lithospheric plates that made up Pangea begin to break up?
CRETACEOUS, TERTIARY, PLEISTOCENE (Epoch) weakly consolidated to unconsolidated gravels, sands, and clays
LATE TRIASSIC and EARLY JURASSIC conglomerates, red sandstones, red shales, and diabase (in Palisades Sill)
PENNSYLVANIAN and MISSISSIPPIAN conglomerates, sandstones, and shales
DEVONIAN
limestones, shales, sandstones, and conglomerates
Silurian also contains salt, gypsum, and hematite.
SILURIAN
ORDOVICIAN
limestones, shales, sandstones, and dolostones
CAMBRIAN
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CAMBRIAN and EARLY ORDOVICIAN sandstones and dolostones
Moderately to intensely metamorphosed east of the Hudson River.
CAMBRIAN and ORDOVICIAN (undifferentiated) quartzites, dolostones, marbles, and schists
Intensely metamorphosed; includes portions of the Taconic Sequence and Cortlandt Complex.
TACONIC SEQUENCE sandstones, shales, and slates
Slightly to intensely metamorphosed rocks of CAMBRIAN through MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ages.
MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC gneisses, quartzites, and marbles
Lines are generalized structure trends.
Intensely Metamorphosed Rocks
(regional metamorphism about 1,000 m.y.a.)
MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC anorthositic rocks
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Key words: geologic record, geologic time period, plates, Pangea
Picking the right table: The question refers to tectonic plate movement in the
past. The Tectonic Plates map (p. NY23) shows the current movement of the
tectonic plates, but it does not show their history. The Geologic History of New
York State table (pp. NY26–NY27), however, has a column that shows land
mass movement from 458 million years ago to 59 million years ago, as well as
a column for important geologic events in New York. If you look carefully at
the “Important Geologic Events in New York” column, you will find the breakup of Pangea listed as an important geologic event.
Using the Earth Science Reference Tables NY15