Virginia Physiographic Provinces

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What type of rock makes up the Costal Plain?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All rock types

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Which 2 events caused the Coastal plain to have a terraced landscape

• Deposition of sediments

• Multiple sea level changes

• Subsidence

• Meteroite impact

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Which 2 river features can you expect to find along the fall line?

• Waterfalls

• Meanders

• Rapids

• Flood plains

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Where did most of the sediments that cover the Coastal Plain originate from?

• Erosion of the Appalachian Mountains

• From rifting events

• From the collision of Pangaea

• From flooding

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Why was the 35 million year old meteorite crater in the Chesapeake bay difficult to find?

• Beacuse it was under water

• Because it was covered by layers of sediments

• Because lava filled in the crater

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The rocks of the Coastal plain are ______ and weather faster than the ______ rocks of the Piedmont.

• softer, harder

• harder, softer

• older, younger

• carbonates, iron

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How is the topography of the Piedmont described?

• Flat plains

• Rolling hills

• High ridges

• Steep valleys

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Which harder rocks primarily make up the Piedmont region? Choose 2

• Ingeous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

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Which flat metamorphic rock comes from Shale and can be used for chalkboards, construction, and pool tables?

• Quartzite

• Gneiss

• Slate

• Phyllite

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How were the Igneous rocks of the Piedmont formed?

• Subduction caused by moving plates

• Magma intrusions

• Ancient volcanic eruptions

• All of these events made igneous rocks

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Which is NOT true about the Piedmont province?

• It is the youngest

• It has many active rock and mineral mines

• It is the largest

• It existed before Pangaea broke up

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Which is NOT true about the Blue Ridge Province???

• It has the oldest rocks in VA

• It has the highest elevations in VA

• It has Igneous and Meatmorphic rocks

• It is the largest Province

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How did the Blue Ridge mountains form?

• By multiple continental collisions

• By deposition and sedimentation

• By earthquakes and faulting

• By subduction

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The rocks in the Valley and Ridge province formed BEFORE Pangaea smashed together.

• True

• False

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Limestone is a sedimentary rock that formed from marine organisms that died 300-500 million years ago. What does this mean about the Valley and Ridge province?

• It was once part of an island

• It was once a shallow sea (under water)

• It was once at a higher elevation

• It formed after Pangaea broke up

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What is an area characterized by caves, caverns, sinkholes, and underground rivers known as?

• Physical weathering

• Terraced landscape

• Karst topography

• Subterranean geology

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Why does limestone dissolve with acidic groundwater?

• It contains calcite, a carbonate mineral

• It is weak because it is old

• It contains quartz, a silicate mineral

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Why does the Appalachian Plateau have a rugged, steep terrain (landscape)?

• The rivers have carved the plateau into mountains

• Multiple earthquakes caused the rocks to fall

• Continental collisions formed folded mountains

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What does the presence of Coal indicate about the Appalachian Plateau?

• It was once covered by a dense, swampy forest

• It was once an under water ocean

• It once had a cold, arctic climate

• It is a very voung province

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How can the negative impacts (environmental costs) of strip mining be lessened?

• by recycling more metals

• by relocating towns

• by planting grass and trees

• by giving money to people