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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

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

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

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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

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Inferred Position ofEarth’s Landmasses

TERTIARY 59 millionyears

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CRETACEOUS 119 millionyears

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TRIASSIC 232 millionyears

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ORDOVICIAN 458 millionyears

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PENNSYLVANIAN

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First appearanceof sexually

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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

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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

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Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin

Water boils

Human bodytemperature

Roomtemperature

Ice melts

Temperature

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+19/

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✱

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

✱

Air Masses

cA

cP

cT

mT

mP

continental arctic

continental polar

continental tropical

maritime tropical

maritime polar

Cold

Warm

Stationary

Occluded

Present Weather Front Symbols Hurricane

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1040.0

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oneatmosphere1013.2 mb

Pressure

millibars inches


30° N

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WET

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WET

DRY

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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

km 150

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0

mi

Sea Level

Altitude

Temperature Zones

Thermosphere

Mesopause

Mesosphere

Stratopause

Stratosphere

TropopauseTroposphere

Temperature (°C)

–100° 0° 100°

–90° –55° 15° 10–

4

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10 0

Pressure (atm)

Atmospheric Pressure

0 20 40

Concentration(g/m3)

WaterVapor

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cm

Increasing Wavelength

Gamma rays x rays

Ultraviolet Infrared

Vis

ible

Radio waves

Microwaves

Violet Blue Green Yellow Orange Red

Visible Light

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× 10

–5

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× 10

–5

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× 10

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× 10

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

The drawing to the left showsthe locations of the belts nearthe time of an equinox. Thelocations shift somewhat withthe changing latitude of theSun’s vertical ray. In theNorthern Hemisphere, the beltsshift northward in summer andsouthward in winter.

Selected Properties of Earth’s Atmosphere

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

RedDwarfs

1,000,000

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Red StarsYellow StarsWhite StarsBlue Stars

Temperature (°C)

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ty (

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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.

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

16 Earth Science Reference Tables — 2001 Edition9-073587 99-098 CDKDET 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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