Landscapes

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Which agents of erosion most likely formed Drumlins and the Finger Lakes in New York State? Options: Moving Ice, Running Water, Wave Action, Mass Movement

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Moving Ice

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Largest portion of the Geneses River in New York that flows through which landscape region? Options: Ontario Lowlands, Tug Hill Plateau, Allegheny Plateau, Saint Lewis Lowlands

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Allegheny Plateau

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Landscapes characterized by gentle slopes and meandering streams can be found in regions with?

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Sediment- covered bedrock

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The photo below shows a valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?

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Moving Ice

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Which two New York landscape regions have surface bedrock that formed 1000 million years ago? Hudson-highlands and adirondack mountains, Erie-Ontario lowlands and Atlantic Coastal Plain, Tug hill plateau and Allegheny plateau, Newark lowlands and Manhattan Prong

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Hudson-highlands and adirondack mountains

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Peru Current

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Which two factors have the most influence on the development of landscape features? Options: Bedrock structures and climate variations, Rate of deposition and thickness of the bedrock, Bedrock age and weathering rates, Rate of erosion and fossils in the bedrock

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Bedrock structures and climate variations

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These index fossil shells were found in the surface bedrock of which landscape region? Options: St. Lawrence Lowlands, Tug Hill Plateau, the Catskills, Adirondack Mountains

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the Catskills

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Which New York landscape region is composed of horizontal sedimentary rocks at high elevations? Options: Hudson Highlands, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Allegheny Plateau, Taconic Mountains

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Allegheny Plateau

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According to the cross section, every 1 million years, the ocean floor bedrock moves around ___

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20 km away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge