NY Regents Earth Science case studies
NY Regents Earth Science · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Regents Examination in Earth Science - formally the Physical Setting/Earth Science Regents - is New York State's high-school-level summative assessment in Earth science. Passing it, combined with completing the associated laboratory requirement, is how students typically earn the Regents science credit needed for a local or Regents diploma. The NY Regents Earth Science case studies are 5 cases and about 2,658 words.
1Subduction Zone Evidence and Tsunami Hazard
Along a 900-km east-west transect in the western Pacific, a research vessel records the following. The trench is at 0 km.
597 words, about 3 min2Fog Formation at a Lakeside Station
At a lakeside town on a clear July day, a weather station 300 m from the shore records: 2:00 PM air temperature 28°C, dew point 18°C, wind 8 km/h; 4:00 AM air temperature 14°C, dew point 14°C, wind 2 km/h, fog; 10:00 AM air temperature 22°C, dew point 16°C, fog gone. The lake surface temperature is 22°C.
508 words, about 3 min3Stream-Table Sediment Sorting and Channel Response
A stream-table investigation uses two channels cut into the same sand-gravel mixture. Channel A has a slope of 0.020 m/m, width 0.40 m, average depth 0.05 m, and average velocity 0.90 m/s.
542 words, about 3 min4Groundwater Plume Travel Time
A town pumps 1,200 m³/day from a well field in a sandy aquifer. Water-table elevations are 42.0 m at pumping well A, 48.0 m at monitoring well B located 600 m directly upgradient from A, and 47.5 m at well C located 300 m from B and 300 m from A, offset 200 m from the straight B-A line.
543 words, about 3 min5Latitude from Polaris and Solar Altitude
A student team at an unknown northern-hemisphere site observes Polaris at an altitude of 43°. On June 21 at local solar noon, a 1.00-m vertical stick casts a shadow 0.35 m long, and the Sun's altitude is measured as 70.5°.
468 words, about 2 min