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EARTH SCIENCE REFERENCE TABLES

Radioactive Decay Data

Specific Heats of Common Materials

Properties of Water

Equations

Ruler

Eurypterus (NY State Fossil)

Page 2

Generalized Landscape Regions of NY State

Page 3

Generalized Bedrock Geology of NY State

Page 4

Surface Ocean Currents

Page 5

Tectonic Plates

Page 6

Rock Cycle in Earth’s Crust

Relationship of Transported Particle Size to

Water Velocity

Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification

Page 7

Scheme for Sedimentary Rock Identification

Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification

Page 8 and 9

Geologic History of NY State

Page 10

Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior

Page 11

Average Chemical Composition of Earth’s Crust,

Hydrosphere, and Troposphere

Earthquake P-wave and S-wave Travel Time

Page 12

Dewpoint Temperatures (°C)

Relative Humidity (%)

Page 13

Temperature

Pressure

Weather Map Symbols:

Station Model

Present Weather

Air Masses

Front Symbols / Hurricane

Page 14

Selected Properties of Earth’s Atmosphere

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Planetary Wind and Moisture Belts in the Troposphere

Page 15

Luminosity and Temperature of Stars

Solar System Data

Page 16

Properties of Common Minerals

by Charles Burrows

E.S.R.T.

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RADIOACTIVEISOTOPE DISINTEGRATION HALF-LIFE

(years)

Carbon-14

Potassium-40

Uranium-238

Rubidium-87

C14

K40

U238

Rb87

N14

Pb206

Sr87

5.7 × 103

1.3 × 109

4.5 × 109

4.9 × 1010

Ar40

Ca40

Radioactive Decay Data

MATERIAL SPECIFIC HEAT(calories/gram • Cº)

Water

Dry airBasaltGraniteIronCopperLead

solidliquidgas

{0.51.00.50.240.200.190.110.090.03

Specific Heats of Common Materials

Energy gained during melting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 calories/gram

Energy released during freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 calories/gram

Energy gained during vaporization . . . . . . . . 540 calories/gram

Energy released during condensation . . . . 540 calories/gram

Density at 3.98°C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 gram/milliliter

Properties of Water

Percent deviationfrom accepted value

Eccentricity of an ellipse

Gradient

Density of a substance

deviation (%) = × 100

eccentricity = distance between focilength of major axis

difference from accepted valueaccepted value

gradient =change in field value

distance

density = massvolume

Rate of change rate of change =change in field value

time

EQUATIONS

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25151 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14cm

New York State Fossil

EURYPTERUS

TUGHILLPLATEAU

THECATSKILLS

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU

LAKEERIE

LAKE ONTARIO

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS

ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS

ERIE–ONTARIO LOWLANDS(PLAINS)

GRENVILLE PROVINCE(HIGHLANDS)

NEWENGLAND P

ROVINCE

(HIG

HLANDS)

INTERIOR LOWLANDS

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INS

NEW

ARK

LOW

LAN

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HUDSON HIGHLANDS

MANHATTAN PRONG

CH

AM

PLA

INLO

WLA

ND

S

Generalized Landscape Regions of New York StateA

PPA

LACHIA

N

PLATEAU(U

PLANDS)

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

HU

DS

ON

–M

OH

AW

KLO

WLA

ND

S

KEY

Major Geographic Province Boundary

Landscape Region Boundary

State Boundary

International Boundary

N

N

Earth

Scien

ce Referen

ce Tables —

2001 Ed

ition

3

Generalized Bedrock Geology of New York State

modified fromGEOLOGICAL SURVEY

NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM1989

Niaga

raR

iver

GEOLOGICAL PERIODS AND ERAS IN NEW YORK

CRETACEOUS, TERTIARY, PLEISTOCENE (Epoch) weakly consolidated to unconsolidated gravels, sands, and claysLATE TRIASSIC and EARLY JURASSIC conglomerates, red sandstones, red shales, and diabase (in Palisades Sill)PENNSYLVANIAN and MISSISSIPPIAN conglomerates, sandstones, and shalesDEVONIAN limestones, shales, sandstones, and conglomeratesSILURIAN Silurian also contains salt, gypsum, and hematite.

ORDOVICIAN limestones, shales, sandstones, and dolostonesCAMBRIAN

CAMBRIAN and EARLY ORDOVICIAN sandstones and dolostones Moderately to intensely metamorphosed east of the Hudson River.

CAMBRIAN and ORDOVICIAN (undifferentiated) quartzites, dolostones, marbles, and schistsIntensely metamorphosed; includes portions of the Taconic Sequence and Cortlandt Complex.

TACONIC SEQUENCE sandstones, shales, and slatesSlightly to intensely metamorphosed rocks of CAMBRIAN through MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ages.

MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC gneisses, quartzites, and marblesLines are generalized structure trends. Intensely Metamorphosed Rocks

MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC anorthositic rocks (regional metamorphism about 1,000 m.y.a.)

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DominantlySedimentaryOrigin

DominantlyMetamorphosedRocks

LONG

ISLAND SOUND

Surface Ocean Currents

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Tectonic Plates

PhilippinePlate

FijiPlate

Mid

-Atla

ntic

Rid

ge

SandwichPlate

KEY:

Divergent Plate Boundary (usually broken by transform

faults along mid-ocean ridges)

Convergent Plate Boundary(Subduction Zone)

Transform Plate Boundary(Transform Fault)

Complex or Uncertain Plate Boundary

Relative Motion at Plate Boundary

NOTE: Not all plates and boundaries are shown.

MantleHot Spot

Mid-Ocean Ridge

overridingplate

subductingplate

Cementatio

n

BurialDeposition

Compaction

Wea

ther

ing

&E

rosi

onM

etamorphism

SEDIMENTARYROCK

Weathering & Erosion

Weathering & Erosion

Melting

METAMORPHICROCK

IGNEOUSROCK

Melting

(Upl

ift)

Solidific

atio

n

Heat and/or Pressure

(Uplift)

Melting

(Uplift)

Heatand/or

Pressure

Metamorphism

Erosion

MAGMA

SEDIMENTS

Rock Cycle in Earth’s Crust


Relationship of TransportedParticle Size to Water Velocity

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

100.0

10.0

1.0

0.1

0.01

0.001

0.0001

0.00001

STREAM VELOCITY (cm/sec)

PA

RT

ICLE

DIA

ME

TE

R (

cm)

*This generalized graph shows the water velocity needed tomaintain, but not start, movement. Variations occur due todifferences in particle density and shape.

BOULDERSCOBBLES

PEBBLES

SAND

SILT

CLAY

25.6 cm6.4 cm

0.2 cm

0.006 cm

0.0004 cm

Relationship of TransportedParticle Size to Water Velocity


Pyroxene(green)

Amphibole(black)

Biotite(black)

Potassiumfeldspar

(pink to white)

(Rel

ativ

e by

Vol

ume)

MIN

ER

AL

CO

MP

OS

ITIO

N

Quartz(clear towhite)

CH

AR

AC

TE

RIS

TIC

S

MAFIC (Fe, Mg)

HIGH

DARK

FELSIC (Al)

LOW

LIGHT

GRAIN SIZE TEXTURE

Pumice

INT

RU

SIV

E(P

luto

nic)

EX

TR

US

IVE

(Vol

cani

c)

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

OF

FO

RM

ATIO

N

Plagioclase feldspar(white to gray)

Olivine(green)

COMPOSITION

DENSITY

COLOR

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

100%

75%

50%

25%

0%

IGN

EO

US

RO

CK

S

Non

-cr

ysta

lline

GlassyBasaltic GlassObsidian

(usually appears black)

less

than

1 m

m FineBasaltAndesiteRhyolite

1 m

mto

10

mm

CoarsePeri-dotite

GabbroDioriteGranite

Pegmatite

10 m

mor

larg

er VeryCoarse

Scoria

Vesicular(gas

pockets)

Dun

ite

Non-vesicular

Non-vesicular

Vesicular Basaltic GlassVesicular BasaltVesicular Rhyolite Vesicular

Andesite

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INORGANIC LAND-DERIVED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

COMPOSITIONTEXTURE GRAIN SIZE COMMENTS ROCK NAME MAP SYMBOL

Rounded fragments

Angular fragmentsMostlyquartz,feldspar, andclay minerals;may containfragments ofother rocksand minerals

Pebbles, cobbles,and/or bouldersembedded in sand,silt, and/or clay

Clastic(fragmental)

Very fine grain

Compact; may spliteasily

Conglomerate

Breccia

CHEMICALLY AND/OR ORGANICALLY FORMED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Crystalline

Halite

Gypsum

Dolomite

Calcite

Carbon

Crystals fromchemicalprecipitatesand evaporites

Rock Salt

Rock Gypsum

Dolostone

Limestone

Coal

. . . . .. . . .

Sand(0.2 to 0.006 cm)

Silt(0.006 to 0.0004 cm)

Clay(less than 0.0004 cm)

Sandstone

Siltstone

Shale

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaFine to coarse

COMPOSITIONTEXTURE GRAIN SIZE COMMENTS ROCK NAME MAP SYMBOL

Varied

Varied

Varied

Microscopic to coarse

Varied

Cemented shellfragments or precipitates

of biologic origin

From plant remains

. . . . .. . . .

Bioclastic

FO

LIA

TE

D

NO

NF

OLI

AT

ED

Fine

Fineto

medium

Mediumto

coarse

Regional Low-grademetamorphism of shale

Platy mica crystals visible frommetamorphism of clay orfeldspars

High-grade metamorphism;some mica changed to feldspar;segregated by mineral typeinto bands

Slate

Schist

Gneiss

Metamorphism of quartzsandstone

Metamorphism oflimestone or dolostone

Pebbles may be distortedor stretched

MIC

AQ

UA

RT

ZF

EL

DS

PAR

AM

PH

IBO

LE

GA

RN

ET

PY

RO

XE

NE

COMPOSITIONTEXTUREGRAINSIZE COMMENTS ROCK NAME

TYPE OFMETAMORPHISM

Metaconglomerate

Quartzite

Marble

Coarse

Fineto

coarse

Quartz

Calcite and/ordolomite

Various mineralsin particlesand matrix

(Heat andpressureincreasewith depth)M

INE

RA

L A

LIG

NM

EN

TB

AN

D-

ING

Contact(Heat)

Various rocks changed byheat from nearbymagma/lava

HornfelsVariableFine

Regional

or

Contact

MAP SYMBOL

Foliation surfaces shiny frommicroscopic mica crystals

Phyllite

Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification

Scheme for Sedimentary Rock Identification

GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE

Advance and retreat of last continental iceUplift of Adirondack region

Sands and shales underlying Long Island and StatenIsland deposited on margin of Atlantic Ocean

Development of passive continental margin

Initial opening of Atlantic OceanNorth America and Africa separate

Intrusion of Palisades sillPangea begins to break up

Extensive erosion

Appalachian (Alleghanian) Orogenycaused by collision of North Americaand Africa along transform margin,forming Pangea

Catskill Delta formsErosion of Acadian Mountains

Acadian Orogeny caused by collision ofNorth America and Avalon and closingof remaining part of Iapetus Ocean

Salt and gypsum deposited in evaporite basins

Erosion of Taconic Mountains; Queenston Delta forms

Taconian Orogeny caused by closing ofwestern part of Iapetus Ocean and collision between North America andvolcanic island arc

Iapetus passive margin forms

Rifting and initial opening of Iapetus OceanErosion of Grenville Mountains

Grenville Orogeny: Ancestral AdirondackMtns. and Hudson Highlands formed

EraEon

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AN

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O-

ZO

ICP

RE

CA

MB

RI

AN

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CH

EA

NP

RO

TE

RO

ZO

IC

LATE

LATE

MIDDLE

MIDDLE

EARLY

EARLY

0

500

1000

2000

3000

4000

4600

Millions of years ago

CENOZOIC

MESOZOIC

PALEOZOIC

Oldest multi-cellularlife

QUATERNARY

NEOGENE

PALEOGENET

ER

TIA

RY

CRETACEOUS

JURASSIC

TRIASSIC

PERMIAN

CA

RB

ON

IF-

ER

OU

S

DEVONIAN

Period Epoch Life on Earth

SILURIAN

ORDOVICIAN

CAMBRIAN

PLEISTOCENEPLIOCENEMIOCENE

OLIGOCENEEOCENE

PALEOCENE

LATE

EARLY

LATE

MIDDLE

EARLY

LATEMIDDLEEARLY

LATE

EARLY

LATE

MIDDLE

EARLY

LATE

EARLY

LATE

MIDDLE

EARLY

LATE

MIDDLE

EARLY

24

33.754.8

544

580

490

443

418

362

323

290

206

142

1300

Millions of years ago

RockRecord

inNYS

Time Distribution of Fossils(Including Important Fossils of New York)

TectonicEvents

AffectingNortheast

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Mar

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Important GeologicEvents in New York

Inferred Position ofEarth’s Landmasses

TERTIARY 59 millionyears

ago

CRETACEOUS 119 millionyears

ago

TRIASSIC 232 millionyears

ago

ORDOVICIAN 458 millionyears

ago

99-098 CDK(rev) 8/2000

PENNSYLVANIAN

MISSISSIPPIAN

First appearanceof sexually

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EARLY

LATE

EARLY

BR

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Earth’s first forest

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(Fossils not drawn to scale)

CryptolithusPhacops

ValcourocerasHexameroceras Manticoceras

Centroceras

H I J

EucalyptocrinusCtenocrinus

Tetragraptus

K

Dicellograptus EurypterusStylonurus

Mastodont

O

BelugaWhale

P

Cooksonia

R

Bothriolepis

S

Maclurites EospiriferMucrospiriferPlatyceras

Q

Aneurophyton

T

CondorNaples Tree

Cystiphyllum

U

Lichenaria

V W Y ZX

Pleurodictyum

L

Coelophysis

NM

HOLOCENE

65

251

1.6

5.3

0.010

Earth’s firstcoral reef

Lettered circles indicate the approximate time of existence of a specificindex fossil (e.g. Fossil lived at the end of the Early Cambrian).

DEVONIAN/MISSISSIPPIAN 362 millionyears

ago

A

Oldest known rocks

Geochemical evidencefor oldest biologicalfixing of carbon

Oldest microfossils

Transition toatmospherecontainingoxygen

reproducingorganisms

Estimated time of originof Earth and solar system

Humans, mastodonts, mammothsLarge carnivoresAbundant grazing mammalsEarliest grassesLarge running mammalsMany modern groups of mammals

Extinction of dinosaurs and ammonoidsEarliest placental mammals

Climax of dinosaurs and ammonoids

Earliest flowering plantsDecline of brachiopodsDiverse bony fishes

Earliest birds Abundant dinosaurs and ammonoids

Modern coral groups appearEarliest dinosaurs and mammals with

abundant cycads and conifersExtinction of many kinds of marine

animals, including trilobitesFirst mammal-like reptiles

Earliest reptilesExtensive coal-forming forests

Abundant sharks and amphibiansLarge and numerous scale trees

and seed ferns

Earliest amphibians, ammonoids, sharksExtinction of armored fish, other

fish abundant

Earliest insectsEarliest land plants and animalsPeak development of eurypterids

Invertebrates dominant– mollusks become abundant

Diverse coral and echinoderms

Graptolites abundantEarliest fishAlgal reefsBurgess shale fauna

Earliest chordates, diverse trilobitesEarliest trilobitesEarliest marine animals with shells

Ediacaran fauna

Soft-bodied organisms

Stromatolites

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C A S C A D E S

T R E N C H

12.7–13.0

9.9–12.1

3.3–5.5

3.0 oceanic crust2.7 continental crust

DENSITY (g/cm3)

0 2000 4000 6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

0

DEPTH (km)

TE

MP

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AT

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°C)

1000 3000 5000

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Inferred Properties of Earth’s Interior


Average Chemical Compositionof Earth’s Crust, Hydrosphere, and Troposphere

ELEMENT(symbol)

CRUST HYDROSPHERE TROPOSPHERE

Oxygen (O)Silicon (Si)Aluminum (Al)Iron (Fe)Calcium (Ca)Sodium (Na)Magnesium (Mg)Potassium (K)Nitrogen (N)Hydrogen (H)Other

46.4028.15

8.235.634.152.362.332.09

0.66

Percent byMass

Percent byVolume

Percent byVolume

Percent byVolume

94.040.880.480.491.181.110.331.42

0.07

33.0

66.01.0

21.0

78.0

1.0

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

9

8

7

6

5

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TR

AV

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TIM

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min

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)

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Average Chemical Compositionof Earth’s Crust, Hydrosphere, and Troposphere

Earthquake P-wave and S-wave Travel Time

1– 33– 28– 24– 21–18–14–12–10– 7– 5– 3–11468

10121416192123252729

2

– 36– 28– 22–18–14–12– 8– 6– 3–11368

111315171921232527

0– 20–18–16–14–12–10– 8– 6– 4– 2

02468

1012141618202224262830

– 20–18–16–14–12–10– 8– 6– 4– 2024681012141618202224262830

3

– 29– 22–17–13– 9– 6– 4–11469

1113151720222426

4

– 29– 20–15–11– 7– 4– 2

1469

11141618202224

5

– 24–17–11– 7– 5– 2

1479

121416182123

6

–19–13– 9– 5– 2

147

101214171921

7

– 21–14– 9– 5– 2

147

1012151719

8

–14– 9– 5–1248

10131618

9

– 28–16–10– 6– 2

258

111416

10

–17–10– 5–2369

1114

11

–17–10– 5–1269

12

12

–19–10– 5–137

10

13

–19–10– 5

048

14

–19–10– 4

15

15

–18– 9– 3

1

Difference Between Wet-Bulb and Dry-Bulb Temperatures (C°)Dry-BulbTempera-ture (°C)

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Difference Between Wet-Bulb and Dry-Bulb Temperatures (C°)

Dry-BulbTempera-ture (°C)

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2

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– 20–18–16–14–12–10– 8– 6– 4– 2024681012141618202224262830

3

1320323745515659626567697172747576777879

4

112028364246515457606264666869707172

5

111202735394348505456586062646566

6

61422283338414548515355575961

7

10172428333740444649515355

8

61319252933364042454749

9

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10

28

1419232730343639

11

17

12172125283134

12

16

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Dry-BulbTempera-ture (°C)




110

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

–10

–20

–30

–40

–50

220

200

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0

–20

–40

–60

380

370

360

350

340

330

320

310

300

290

280

270

260

250

240

230

220

Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin

Water boils

Human bodytemperature

Roomtemperature

Ice melts

Temperature

30.70

30.60

30.50

30.40

30.30

30.20

30.10

30.00

29.90

29.80

29.70

29.60

29.50

29.40

29.30

29.20

29.10

29.00

28.90

28.80

28.70

28.60

28.50

1040.0

1036.0

1032.0

1028.0

1024.0

1020.0

1016.0

1012.0

1008.0

1004.0

1000.0

996.0

992.0

988.0

984.0

980.0

976.0

972.0

968.0

oneatmosphere1013.2 mb

Pressuremillibars inches

196

+19/

.25

28

27

✱

Amount of cloud cover(approximately 75% covered)

Barometric pressure(1019.6 mb)

Barometric trend(a steady 1.9-mb rise the past 3 hours)

Precipitation(inches past 6 hours)

Wind direction(from the southwest)

Temperature (°F)

Present weather

Visibility (mi)

Dewpoint (°F)

Wind speed

(1 knot = 1.15 mi/hr)

12

whole feather = 10 knotshalf feather = 5 knots

total = 15 knots

Station Model

FreezingRain

Haze

Rain

FogSnow✱

Hail RainShowers

Thunder-storms

Drizzle

Sleet∞

Smog

SnowShowers

✱

Present Weather

Air MassescA

cP

cT

mT

mP

continental arctic

continental polar

continental tropical

maritime tropical

maritime polar

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Occluded

Air Masses

cA

cP

cT

mT

mP

continental arctic

continental polar

continental tropical

maritime tropical

maritime polar

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Occluded

Front Symbols

Hurricane

km 150

100

50

0

75

50

25

0

mi

Sea Level

Altitude

Temperature Zones

Thermosphere

Mesopause

Mesosphere

Stratopause

Stratosphere

TropopauseTroposphere

Temperature (°C)

–100° 0° 100°

–90° –55° 15° 10–4

10–3

10–2

10–1

10 0

Pressure (atm)

Atmospheric Pressure

0 20 40

Concentration(g/m3)

WaterVapor

eltsshift northward in summer andsouthward in winter.

Selected Properties of Earth’s Atmosphere

Decreasing Wavelength

10010–10

4.0

× 10

–5

10–9 10–8 10–7 10–6 10–5 10–4 10–3 10–2 10–1 101 102 103

0.00

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1.0

10 100

1,00

0

cm

cm

Increasing Wavelength

Gamma rays x rays

Ultraviolet Infrared

Vis

ible

Radio waves

Microwaves

Violet Blue Green Yellow Orange Red

Visible Light

4.3

× 10

–5

4.9

× 10

–5

5.3

× 10

–5

5.8

× 10

–5

6.3

× 10

–5

7.0

× 10

–5

Electromagnetic Spectrum

30° N

60° N

60° S

30° S

0°

S.W.WINDS

DRY

DRY

WET

N.E.

N.E. WINDS

S.E.WINDS

WET

DRY

WET

DRY

S.E.

N.W.WINDS

Polar Front

SubtropicalJet Streams

Tropopause

Polar Front Jet Stream

Polar Front Jet Stream

Planetary Wind and Moisture Belts in the Troposphere

RedDwarfs

1,000,000

10,000

100

1

0.01

0.000120,000 10,000 5,000 2,500

Red StarsYellow StarsWhite StarsBlue Stars

Temperature (°C)

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ty (

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e S

un

)

SmallStars

MassiveStars

BlueSupergiants

Rigel

Supergiants

Betelgeuse

Aldebaran

Red GiantsMain Sequence

Alpha CentauriSun

White Dwarfs

Sirius

Color

+

+

Procyon B+

Barnard’sStar

++

Polaris ++

+

+

Luminosity and Temperature of Stars(Name in italics refers to star shown by a + )

Luminosity is thebrightness of starscompared to thebrightness of ourSun as seen fromthe same distancefrom the observer.

SUN — — 27 days — 1,392,000 333,000.00 1.4 –

MERCURY 57.9 88 days 59 days 0.206 4,880 0.553 5.4 0

VENUS 108.2 224.7 days 243 days 0.007 12,104 0.815 5.2 0

EARTH 149.6 365.26 days 23 hr 0.017 12,756 1.00 5.5 156 min4 sec

MARS 227.9 687 days 24 hr 0.093 6,787 0.1074 3.9 237 min23 sec

JUPITER 778.3 11.86 years 9 hr 0.048 142,800 317.896 1.3 1650 min30 sec

SATURN 1,427 29.46 years 10 hr 0.056 120,000 95.185 0.7 1814 min

URANUS 2,869 84.0 years 17 hr 0.047 51,800 14.537 1.2 2114 min

NEPTUNE 4,496 164.8 years 16 hr 0.009 49,500 17.151 1.7 8

PLUTO 5,900 247.7 years 6 days 0.250 2,300 0.0025 2.0 19 hr

EARTH’S 149.6 27.3 days 27 days 0.055 3,476 0.0123 3.3 —MOON (0.386 from Earth) 8 hr

Object Mean Distance from Sun

(millions of km)

Periodof

Revolution

EquatorialDiameter

(km)

Mass(Earth = 1)

Eccentricityof

Orbit

Periodof

Rotation

Density

(g/cm3)

Numberof

Moons

Solar System Data

Properties of Common Minerals

HARD- COMMON DISTINGUISHINGLUSTER NESS COLORS CHARACTERISTICS USE(S) MINERAL NAME COMPOSITION*

black streak,greasy feel

very dense (7.6 g/cm3),gray-black streak

attracted by magnet,black streak

green-black streak,cubic crystals

red-brown streak

greasy feel

easily melted,may smell

easily scratchedby fingernail

flexible inthin sheets

cubic cleavage, salty taste

flexible in thin sheets

bubbleswith acid

bubbles with acidwhen powdered

cleaves in4 directions

cleaves in2 directions at 90°

cleaves at56° and 124°

cleaves in2 directions at 90°

cleaves in 2 directions,striations visible

commonly light greenand granular

glassy luster, may formhexagonal crystals

glassy luster, often seen as redgrains in NYS metamorphic rocks

Graphite

Galena

Magnetite

Pyrite

Hematite

Talc

Sulfur

Gypsum

Muscovite Mica

Halite

Biotite Mica

Calcite

Dolomite

Fluorite

Pyroxene(commonly Augite)

Amphiboles(commonly Hornblende)

Potassium Feldspar(Orthoclase)

Plagioclase Feldspar(Na-Ca Feldspar)

Olivine

Quartz

Garnet(commonly Almandine)

silver togray

metallicsilver

black tosilver

brassyyellow

metallic silver orearthy red

white togreen

yellow toamber

white to pink or gray

colorless toyellow

colorless towhite

black todark brown

colorlessor variable

colorlessor variable

colorless orvariable

black todark green

black to dark green

white topink

white to gray

green togray or brown

colorless orvariable

dark redto green

pencil lead,lubricants

ore oflead

ore ofiron

ore ofsulfur

oreof iron

talcum powder,soapstone

vulcanize rubber,sulfuric acid

plaster of parisand drywall

electricalinsulator

food additive,melts ice

electricalinsulator

cement,polarizing prisms

source ofmagnesium

hydrofluoricacid

mineralcollections

mineralcollections

ceramicsand glass

ceramicsand glass

furnace bricksand jewelry

glass, jewelry,and electronics

jewelry andabrasives

16DET 633 (0-00-00,000)

Nonm

etal

lic L

uste

r

*Chemical Symbols: Al = aluminum Cl = chlorine H = hydrogen Na = sodium S = sulfur C = carbon F = fluorine K = potassium O = oxygen Si = siliconCa = calcium Fe = iron Mg = magnesium Pb = lead Ti = titanium

✔ = dominant form of breakage

C

PbS

Fe3O4

FeS2

Fe2O3

Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

S

CaSO4•2H2O

KAl3Si3O10(OH)2

NaCl

K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2

CaCO3

CaMg(CO3)2

CaF2

(Ca,Na) (Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6

CaNa(Mg,Fe)4 (Al,Fe,Ti)3Si6O22(O,OH)2

KAlSi3O8

(Na,Ca)AlSi3O8

(Fe,Mg)2SiO4

SiO2

Fe3Al2Si3O12

1–2

2.5

5.5–6.5

6.5

1–6.5

1

2

2

2–2.5

2.5

2.5–3

3

3.5

4

5–6

5.5

6

6

6.5

7

7

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Met

allic

Lus

ter

Eith

er

CLEA

VAGE

FRAC

TURE

(Selenite)

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