FOR TEACHERS ONLY
The University of the State of New York
REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION
PS–ES PHYSICAL SETTING/EARTH SCIENCE
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 — 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., only
SCORING KEY AND 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
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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
for Administering and 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 checkmark 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.
Student’s 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 posted on the Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ on Wednesday,
August 16, 2006. 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 15 credits for this part. The student must answer all questions in this part.
51 [1] Allow 1 credit for fusion or nuclear fusion.
52 [1] Allow 1 credit for a vertical line drawn anywhere through the shaded area shown below. The
line does not have to be perfectly vertical.
Example of a 1-credit response:
Order of Planets from the Sun
Sun’s
surface
Mercury
enus
EarthMars
Pluto
Uranus Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
(Distances are not drawn to scale)
53 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Aldebaran is larger than the Sun.
— The Sun is smaller than Aldebaran .
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
54 [1] Allow 1 credit for Devonian Period.
55 [1] Allow 1 credit for Pleurodictyum .
56 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— widespread geographic distribution
57 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— The organisms lived in a shallow sea.
— They lived in a marine environment.
58 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— There is no contact metamorphism between rock unit A and the sandstone.
— An unconformity exists between the igneous intrusion and sandstone layer.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
59 [2] Allow a maximum of 2 credits, allocated as follows:
limited to:
Granitic bedrock
Texture:
Density:
— coarse
— low density
— 2.7 g/cm
3
— nonvesicular
Basaltic bedrock
Texture:
Density :
— fine
— high density
— 3.0 g/cm
3
— vesicular or nonvesicular
60 [1] Allow 1 credit if both minerals are correct. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— olivine
— pyroxene or augite
— plagioclase or plagioclase feldspar
Note: Do not accept “feldspar” only.
61 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— rigid mantle
— uppermost part of the mantle
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
62 [1] Allow 1 credit if the center of the X is located within the shaded area shown. Also allow credit if
a symbol other than X is used.
63 [1] Allow 1 credit for 74° W. The correct unit and compass direction must be included in the
answer.
64 [1] Allow 1 credit if both the name of the geologic age and the name of the bedrock are correct.
Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
Geologic age: — Proterozoic
— Middle Proterozoic
— Precambrian
— about 1000 million years
Name of bedrock: — anorthosite
— anorthositic
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
Part C
Allow a total of 20 credits for this part. The student must answer all questions in this part.
65 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Allegheny Plateau
— Appalachian Plateau (uplands)
— Catskills
66 [2] Allow a maximum of 2 credits, allocated as follows:
Example of a 2-credit response:
Number
Water Cycle Process
1
evaporation
2
transpiration
3
condensation
4
precipitation
5
runoff
6
infiltration
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
67 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— trench
— Peru-Chile trench
— a subduction zone
— a convergent boundary
— a fault
68 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— divergence
— seafloor spreading
69 [1] Allow 1 credit for a correctly drawn line. The line may be curved or straight, and the lowest
point should be at the mid-ocean ridge.
Example of a 1-credit response:
Older
Younger
B
Mid-ocean
C
ridge
Bedrock Sample
Location
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
70 [2] Allow a maximum of 2 credits, allocated as follows:
connects the six towns in the order described in the article. The arrow should point eastward
and does not need to be at the end of the line.
connects the four or five towns in the order described in the article. The arrow should point
eastward and does not need to be at the end of the line.
or
arrow has been incorrectly drawn or omitted.
Note: Also allow credit if a symbol other than X is used.
Example of a 2-credit response:
Fairfield
Newark Valley
Chenango Forks
Middle Bridge
Tacoma
Nineveh Junction
West Chenango
Hamden
Newmans Corner
Cleave
Catatonk
North Sanford
Gaskill
Endwell
Ouaquaga
Barbourville
Beerston
Owego
Johnson City
East Windsor
Vestal X
X
Occanum
Rock Rift
Binghamton
Fivemile
Downsville
Lounsberry
X Apalachin
Point
Lester
X Windsor X Sanford X Deposit
Kirkwood
Shinhopple
Kerry Siding
New York
Edson
Gulf Summit
Riverside
Pennsylvania
Elk Brook
Windham
Hickory Grove
Hancock
Laurel Lake
Stanfordville
Winterdale
Goulds
Russellville
Friendsville
Fairmont
Brushville
N
0
5
10
15
20
25 mi
71 [1] Allow 1 credit for two correct responses. Allow credit for either upper- or lower-case letters.
For example, allow credit for MT or Mt or mt or mT. Acceptable responses include, but are not
limited to:
— cP and mT
— mT and cP
— mT and cA
— cA and mT
Note: Do not allow credit if the letters are reversed, e.g., Tm.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
72 [1] Allow 1 credit for cold front.
73 [1] Allow 1 credit if three or four classifications are correct, as shown below.
Town
F-Scale Number
Vestal
1
Windsor
0
Sanford
1
Deposit
3
74 [1] Allow 1 credit for 0.7 mi/m.
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P HYSICAL S ETTING /E ARTH S CIENCE – continued
75 [1] Allow 1 credit if the centers of ten, eleven, or twelve plotted X s are within the circles shown and
the X s are correctly connected with a line.
Example of a 1-credit response:
Average Monthly High
Temperatures
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
Bundaberg
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
20
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Month
76 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Birdsville is located inland near the center of the continent.
— Bundaberg is located near a large body of water (the ocean) that moderates climate
temperatures.
77 [1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Bundaberg is located near the ocean.
— Birdsville is located inland.
— The warm ocean current affects the climate of Bundaberg.
— Bundaberg is located on the windward side of the mountain.
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78
[1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Bundaberg is located east of Birdsville.
— Birdsville is west of Bundaberg.
— Earth rotates west to east.
79 [1] Allow 1 credit for drawing a horizontal line at 30° S latitude within the shaded area
shown below.
Map of Australia
Indian
Pacific
Ocean
Ocean
Bundaberg
Birdsville
Key
N
Mountains
80
[1] Allow 1 credit for any value from 400 to 600 million km.
81
[1] Allow 1 credit. Acceptable responses include, but are not limited to:
— Asteroid 1994 XL1 was very small.
— The asteroid was 100,000 times fainter than the naked eye could see.
— Asteroid 1994 XL1 was dark colored.
82
[1] Allow 1 credit for 65 million yr.
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The Chart for Determining the Final Examination Score for the August 2006
Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science will be posted on the
Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ on Wednesday,
August 16, 2006. Conversion charts provided for previous administrations of
the Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science must NOT be
used to determine students’ final scores for this administration.
The Teacher Evaluation of State Examinations forms will be posted on the
same web site. Please select the link “Teacher Evaluation Forms” and then
the examination title to complete the evaluation form for the August 2006
Regents Examination in Physical Setting/Earth Science.
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Map to Core Curriculum
August 2006 Physical Setting/ Earth Science
Question Numbers
Key Ideas/Performance Indicators
Part A
Part B
Part C
Standard 1
Math Key Idea 1
3
39,42
69,74,75
Math Key Idea 2
12,35
38,46,53
Math Key Idea 3
Science Inquiry Key Idea 1
40,56
76,77,78
Science Inquiry Key Idea 2
Science Inquiry Key Idea 3
5,9,19,31,32
48,49,50,51,54,59,
66,70,80,81,82
60,62,63,64
Engineering Design. Key Idea 1
Standard 2
Key Idea 1
71,72
Key Idea 2
81
Key Idea 3
Standard 6
Key Idea 1
7,17,23,26
44,47,57,58
65,76,78
Key Idea 2
10,13,14,17,20,21,
36,37,41,43,45,47,
67,68,70,77,79
23,25,26,27,30,34,
54,55,58,61,63,64
38
Key Idea 3
33
70
Key Idea 4
Key Idea 5
17
52
66
Key Idea 6
Standard 7
Key Idea 1
Key Idea 2
Standard 4
Performance Indicator 1
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,21,31,
36,37,38,39,40,51,
71,78,79,80,81,82
34,35
52,53,54,55,56,57,
58,63,64
Performance Indicator 2
8,9,10,11,12,13,14, 41,42,43,44,45,46,
65,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,
15,16,17,18,19,20,
47,48,59,61,62
74,75,76,77
22,23,24,25,26,27,
28,29,30
Performance Indicator 3
32,33
48,49,60
Reference Tables
ESRT 2001 edition
3,5,7,9,10,12,19,
38,39,42,48,49,50,
65,67,68,71,79,80,82
31,32,33
53,54,55,59,60,61,
62,63,64
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