FOR TEACHERS ONLY
The University of the State of New York
REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION
PS–ES PHYSICAL SETTING/EARTH SCIENCE
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 — 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., only
SCORING KEYAND RATING GUIDE
Directions to the Teacher:
Refer to the directions on page 3 before rating student papers.
Updated information regarding the rating of this examination may be posted on the New York
State Education Department’s web site during the rating period. Check this web site
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ and select the link “Examination Scoring Information” for any
recently posted information regarding this examination. This site should be checked before the
rating process for this examination begins and several times throughout the Regents examination
period.
Part A and Part B–1
Allow 1 credit for each correct response.
Part A
Part B–1
1 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
13 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
25 . . . . 1. . . . . . .
36 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
44 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
2 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
14 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
26 . . . . 1. . . . . . .
37 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
45 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
3 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
15 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
27 . . . . 3. . . . . . .
38 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
46 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
4 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
16 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
28 . . . . 4. . . . . . .
39 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
47 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
5 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
17 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
29 . . . . 2. . . . . . .
40 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
48 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
6 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
18 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
30 . . . . 4. . . . . . .
41 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
49 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
7 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
19 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
31 . . . . 4. . . . . . .
42 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
50 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
Part B–1 Score
8 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
20 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
32 . . . . 3. . . . . . .
43 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
9 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
21 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
33 . . . . 2. . . . . . .
10 . . . . . 3. . . . . . .
22 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
34 . . . . 1. . . . . . .
11 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
23 . . . . . 4. . . . . . .
35 . . . . 3. . . . . . .
Part A Score
12 . . . . . 1. . . . . . .
24 . . . . . 2. . . . . . .
P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Directions to the Teacher
Follow the procedures below for scoring student answer papers for the Physical Setting/Earth
Science examination. Additional information about scoring is provided in the publication
Information Booklet for Scoring Regents Examinations in the Sciences .
Use only red ink or red pencil in rating Regents papers. Do not correct the student’s work by
making insertions or changes of any kind.
On the detachable answer sheet for Part A and Part B–1, indicate by means of a check mark
each incorrect or omitted answer. In the box provided at the end of each part, record the number
of questions the student answered correctly for that part.
At least two science teachers must participate in the scoring of each student’s responses to the
Part B–2 and Part C open-ended questions. Each of these teachers should be responsible for
scoring a selected number of the open-ended questions on each answer paper. No one teacher is to
score all the open-ended questions on a student’s answer paper.
Students’ responses must be scored strictly according to the Scoring Key and Rating Guide. For
open-ended questions, credit may be allowed for responses other than those given in the rating
guide if the response is a scientifically accurate answer to the question and demonstrates adequate
knowledge as indicated by the examples in the rating guide. In the student’s answer booklet, record
the number of credits earned for each answer in the box printed to the right of the answer lines or
spaces for that question.
Fractional credit is not allowed. Only whole-number credit may be given to a response. Units
need not be given when the wording of the questions allows such omissions.
Raters should enter the scores earned for Part A, Part B–1, Part B–2, and Part C on the
appropriate lines in the box printed on the answer booklet and then should add these four scores
and enter the total in the box labeled “Total Written Test Score.” The student’s score for the
Earth Science Performance Test should be entered in the space provided. Then, the student’s
raw scores on the performance test and written test should be converted to a scaled score by
using the conversion chart that will be posted on the Department’s web site
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ on Tuesday, June 19, 2007. The student’s scaled score should be
entered in the labeled box on the student’s answer booklet. The scaled score is the student’s final
examination score.
All student answer papers that receive a scaled score of 60 through 64 must be scored a second
time. For the second scoring, a different committee of teachers may score the student’s paper or
the original committee may score the paper, except that no teacher may score the same open-ended
questions that he/she scored in the first rating of the paper. The school principal is responsible for
assuring that the student’s final examination score is based on a fair, accurate, and reliable scoring
of the student’s answer paper.
Because scaled scores corresponding to raw scores in the conversion chart may change from one
examination to another, it is crucial that for each administration, the conversion chart provided for
that administration be used to determine the student’s final score.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Part B–2
Allow a total of 14 credits for this part. The student must answer all questions in this part.
51 [1] Allow 1 credit if both air masses are correct as shown below. Allow credit for either upper- or
lowercase letters.
(1) cP
(2) mT
Note: Do not allow credit if the letters are reversed, such as, Tm.
52 [1] Allow 1 credit for Binghamton.
53 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Move indoors.
— Do not use electrical equipment or telephones.
— Do not stand under tall objects.
54 [1] Allow 1 credit for Cambrian Period.
55 [1] Allow 1 credit if both processes are correct. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— uplift
— erosion
— weathering
— subsidence
— deposition
— burial
56 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— widespread geographic distribution
— short existence in geologic time
57 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Carbon-14’s half-life is too short.
— Not enough carbon-14 is left to measure.
— The fossils are too old.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
58 [1] Allow 1 credit for pebble.
59 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— abrasion
— weathering
— erosion
— Particles were worn down as they were scraped along the bedrock.
60 [1] Allow 1 credit for shale.
61 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— A glacier forms a U-shaped valley.
— Glaciers form U-shaped valleys and streams form V-shaped valleys.
62 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are limited to:
— It shows banding.
— The rock is foliated.
— The minerals are segregated into layers.
— distortion
63 [1] Allow 1 credit for any two of the three responses below.
— pyroxene (augite)
— mica (biotite)
— amphibole (hornblende)
Note: Do not allow credit for muscovite mica.
64 [1] Allow 1 credit for garnet and one acceptable use. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited
to:
— jewelry
— abrasives
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P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Part C
Allow a total of 21 credits for this part. The student must answer all questions in this part.
65 [1] Allow 1 credit for July 7 or July 8.
66 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— the Moon’s revolution
— The Moon orbits Earth.
67 [1] Allow 1 credit for August 12 or 13 or 14.
68 [1] Allow 1 credit if the center of the student’s X is placed within the brackets shown.
Moon’s
orbit
North Pole
Sun’s
X
rays
Earth
69 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— The Moon phases repeat in a definite pattern.
— The visible part of the Moon increases and decreases repeatedly.
70 [1] Allow 1 credit for 10 m.
71 [2] Allow a maximum of 2 credits, allocated as follows:
— m/km
— meters/km
— m/kilometer
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P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
72 [2] Allow a maximum of 2 credits, allocated as follows:
and are correctly connected with a line that passes within the circles. The line must have the
lowest elevation between 10 and 20 meters.
the line is not correctly drawn or is missing.
Profile Along Line DE
60
D
E
50
40
30
20
10
0
Distance (km)
73 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Contour lines between N and M are closer together.
— There is a steeper slope between N and M .
— Where contour lines are far apart, there is a gentle slope and the stream velocity is less.
74 [1] Allow 1 credit for a response from 6.0 to 6.2.
75 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— the lag time between the P -wave arrival and the S -wave arrival
— the difference in arrival time for the P -wave and S -wave
— the P -wave and S -wave arrival times
— 61 seconds
76 [1] Allow 1 credit for any answer from 2 minutes 0 seconds to 2 minutes 20 seconds.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
77 [1] Allow 1 credit if the center of the X falls within the circle shown.
135
70
°
W
°
N
°
E
70
180 °
°
N
135
Canada
Russia
°
N
70
°
70
N
80 ° N
d
g
North Pole i
90 ° W
R
90 ° E
k
e
l x
G
a
k
e
g
d
70
i R
°
Greenland
N
n
°
N
a
70
Atl
i d
M
W
70
N
45
°
°
0 °
°
45
N
°
70
E
78 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— The plates are moving apart or spreading.
— The tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
— The ridge is a diverging plate boundary.
— rifting
79 [1] Allow 1 credit for both North American Plate and Eurasian Plate.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING/ E ARTH S CIENCE – concluded
80 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— magma/lava
— volcanoes
— smoker vents
81 [1] Allow 1 credit for both pyroxene (augite) and olivine.
82 [2] Allow a maximum of 2 credits, allocated as follows:
Allow this credit even if the direction of the shadow is incorrectly drawn.
Flagpole (as seen
from above)
(East) 90 °
90 ° (West)
Solar noon shadow
7
5
°
°
75
60
°
°
60
4
5 °
°
45
30
°
30
°
15 °
0 °
15 °
(North)
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Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science
June 2007
Chart for Converting Total Test Raw Scores to
Final Examination Scores (Scaled Scores)
The Chart for Determining the Final Examination Score for the June 2007
Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science will be posted
on the Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ on
Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Conversion charts provided for previous adminis-
trations of the Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science must
NOT be used to determine students’ final scores for this administration.
Submitting On-line Teacher Evaluations of the Test to the Department
Suggestions and feedback from teachers provide an important contribution to the test
development process. The Department provides an on-line evaluation form for State
assessments. It contains spaces for teachers to respond to several specific questions and to
make suggestions. Instructions for completing the evaluation form are as follows:
1. Go to www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/exameval.
2. Select the test title.
3. Complete the required demographic fields.
4. Complete each evaluation question and provide comments in the space provided.
5. Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the page to submit the completed form.
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Map to Core Curriculum
June 2007 Physical Setting/Earth Science
Question Numbers
Key Ideas/Performance Indicators
Part A
Part B
Part C
Standard 1
Math Key Idea 1
71,72,73,74,75
Math Key Idea 2
27,30,35
67,69
Math Key Idea 3
30
41
74
Science Inquiry Key Idea 1
36,37,40,45,47,
56,59,61
65,66,68,69,82
Science Inquiry Key Idea 2
68
Science Inquiry Key Idea 3
8,14,16,22,23,24, 42,43,54,57,60,
73,76,79,81
33
63,64
Engineering Design Key Idea 1
Standard 2
Key Idea 1
52
Key Idea 2
Key Idea 3
Standard 6
Key Idea 1
46,48,49,51,55
Key Idea 2
3,9,13,17,21,25,
36,37,38,43,44,
65,68,70,71,72,
26,28,29,31,32,
45,46,47,48,49,
73,74,75,77,78,
33,34
50,51,52,54,55,
79,80,82
58,60,62
Key Idea 3
35
39,58
70,74
Key Idea 4
Key Idea 5
26
38,41,52,56,57
66,67,69,71,73,
82
Key Idea 6
Standard 7
Key Idea 1
Key Idea 2
53
Standard 4
Key Idea 1
1,2,4,7,9,16,20,
36,37,38,39,40,
65,66,67,68,69,
22,25,26,34,35
41,42,45,54,55,
77,82
56,57
Key Idea 2
3,4,5,6,8,10,11,
37,43,44,46,47,
70,71,72,73,74,
13,15,17,19,21,
48,49,50,51,52,
75,76,78,79,80
23,27,28,29,31,
53,58,59,60,61
32
Key Idea 3
12,14,18,24,30,
62,63,64
81
33
Reference Tables
ESRT 2001 Edition (Revised)
6,8,12,13,14,16,
42,43,46,47,51,
67,71,75,76,78,
18,19,20,22,23,
52,54,57,58,62,
79,81
24,29,30,31,32,
63,64
33,35
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