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ESRT Worksheet
Earth Science
Mrs. Giorgianni
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _____________ Period: _______
The answers to ALL of the following questions can be found in your ESRTs [Earth Science Reference Tables].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. What are the top three elements found in the Earth’s crust by mass? [List percentages]
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
2. What are the top three elements found in the Earth’s crust by volume? [List percentages]
1. _________________
2. _________________
3. _________________
3. What composes the Earth’s inner core? __________________________________________________
4. At what temperature does ice melt? ______________________________________________________
5. Name six warm ocean currents:
1.
_______________________________
2.
_______________________________
3.
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4.
5.
6.
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6. What type of boundary is the East Pacific Ridge? ___________________________________________
7. What is the size range for a particle to be classified as silt? ____________________________________
8. What type of rock contains platy mica crystals? _____________________________________________
9. In what period did the Catskill Delta form? _________________________________________________
10. If a P Wave arrives at a seismograph station 4,000 miles from its epicenter, what was its travel time? _______
11.
If the dry-bulb temperature is 10°C and the Wet-bulb temperature is 5°C, what is the relative humidity? [Pay close
attention to the chart’s wording . . . ] ___________
12.
What mineral has a composition of CaCO3? _________________________________
13.
How much energy does water gain during melting? ___________________________
14.
What types of rocks are found in the Adirondack Mountains? ________________________________
15.
What continents does the equator pass through? __________________________________________
16.
Name the ocean current off the coast of England? __________________________________________
17.
Is this current warm or cold? _____________________________________
18.
What feature is found at most divergent plate boundaries? __________________________________
19.
What type of rock is formed from the solidification of magma? _______________________________
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20.
What is the minimum steam velocity necessary to carry all sizes of sediments? __________________
21.
What texture is associated with intrusive rocks? ____________________________________
22.
What epoch were we in 20 million years ago? ______________________________________
23.
Convert 25 C to Fahrenheit __________________________ and to Kelvin ______________________
24.
Draw a weather station and label the following conditions:
- 50% cloud cover
- Wind speed: 25 knots from the NW
- Temperature 72F
- Barometric pressure 172
- Present weather: drizzle
25.
What is the formula for density? _________________________________________________
26.
The Allegheny Plateau is in what state? _________________________________________
27.
What are the coordinates of Old Forge, NY in degrees and minutes? __________________________
28.
What do the arrows on the world map on page 4 indicate? __________________________________
29.
What geological feature is found at the boundary of the Philippine Plate? _________________________
30.
What is the texture and color of Obsidian? _________________________________________
31.
What is limestone composed of? _______________________________________________
32.
Name an example of a foliated rock? _________________________________________
33.
During which period were the earliest birds found? ____________________________________
34.
During which era did the Atlantic Ocean form? ___________________________________________
35.
What is the density of Earth’s inner core [be sure to include units!]? ____________________________
36.
What is the percent by volume of hydrogen in the hydrosphere? ___________________________
37.
If a P wave is 7 x 103 km from the epicenter, what was its travel time? __________________________
38.
If the dry bulb temperature is 18 and the difference between the wet and dry bulb is 11, what is the relative
humidity? _____________________________________
39.
Convert 992.0 millibars to inches: _____________________________________________
40.
Which color of the electromagnetic spectrum has the shortest wavelength? ______________________
41.
In the Northern hemisphere, what direction do the wind belts shift in the summer? __________________
42.
What is the color and temperature of the star Sirius? ______________________________________
43.
What is the chemical symbol for lead? _____________________________________________
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44.
The specific heat of which material is 0.11 cal/gm  C? ___________________________
45.
What is the New York State fossil? _____________________________________
46.
What states border New York? __________________________________________________________
47.
What is the name of the current that flows off the coast of Florida? ______________________________
48.
What are the coordinates of the Yellowstone Hot Spot? _______________________________________
49.
Sedimentary rock is formed by ________________________________________________________
50.
Which solar system object has the longest period of rotation? _____________ Shortest? __________
51.
The rock Peridotite has what type of texture? __________________________________
52.
Marble if formed from the metamorphism of what other rocks? ________________________________
53.
Humans, mastodons and mammoths appeared in which epoch? ______________________________
54.
Earth’s actual temperature at a depth of 3000 km is __________________ degrees Celsius.
55.
List room temperature in __________(F) ____________ (C) and __________ (Kelvin)
56.
Which layer of the atmosphere if found 25 miles above sea level? _________________________
57.
Which stars are hotter, red giants or white dwarfs? __________________________________
58.
The greatest number of moons is found around ______________________________________
59.
The distinguishing characteristic of calcite is that it ______________________________________
60.
Rubidium-87 has a half-life of _____________________ years.
61.
Name a non-foliated rock that contains quartz: _______________________________________
62.
Draw the symbol for a warm front: _______________________________________
63.
Draw the symbol for a cold front: _________________________________________
64.
What is the density of continental crust? ___________gm/cm3 Oceanic crust? ___________ gm/cm3
65.
What is the length of this line ----------------------------------------------------- in centimeters? ____________
66.
Convert 30 knots into mile/per hour _________________________________________
67.
List the symbols for the following air masses: Maritime Tropical _______ ; Continental Polar _______
68.
Draw the symbol for rain showers: _________________________________
69.
Draw the symbol for a hurricane: ______________________________________
70.
Where is the NYS Department of Education? __________________________________________
71.
What is the formula for calculating percent deviation? _______________________________________
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72.
What is the density of water? _________________________________
73.
The specific heat of copper is _____________________________________ .
74.
Rubidium-87 has a half-life of ____________________________________
75.
The generalized bedrock geology of the Allegheny Plateau is _________________________________ .
76.
Are the West Wind Drift currents warm or cool? _________________________________
77.
Which plate is between the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate? _____________________________
78.
Describe a pegmatite texture ___________________________________________
79.
The three types of rocks are _____________________________________________________________ .
80.
What era are the periods Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic in? __________________________________
81.
Where in Earth’s interior do we find iron and nickel _________________________________________.
82.
How much of the hydrosphere is oxygen? _________________________________
83.
If it’s 300° Kelvin, what is the temperature in Celsius? _________________________________
84.
The altitude of the Mesopause in miles is ______________________________ .
85.
What type of star is our sun? _________________________________________.
86.
Which planet has the slowest revolution? _________________________________________
87.
What are the two types of mineral luster? ___________________________________________________
88.
Radioactive Decay Data, Specific Heat and properties of water are all _____________________________.
89.
Mt. Marcy has what type of rock? ____________________________________
90.
The Canary Islands Hot Spot is located off which continent? _________________________________
91.
Particles with a size range of 25.6 – 100.0 are _____________________________________
92.
Are mafic rocks high or low density? ____________________________________
93.
What type of rock only forms from contact metamorphism? ____________________________________
94.
During which period did Earth’s first coral reef appear? ____________________________
95.
What is the volume of Calcium in Earth’s crust? ___________________________
96.
What is the symbol for a cold front? ____________________________________________
97.
Which has shorter wavelengths, gamma rays or radio waves? ________________________
98.
How many moons does Saturn have? ____________________________________
99.
Sirius has an approximate temperature of __________________________
100. What does ESRT stand for ??!!! ________________________________________________!
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