NYS Regents Deposition and landscapes

As compaction and cementation of these sediments eventually occur, which area will become siltstone?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers often form parallel scratches and grooves in bedrock because glaciers

• deposit sediment in unsorted piles

• deposit rounded sand in V-shaped valleys

• continually melt and refreeze

• drag loose rocks over Earth’s surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The landscape was developed by the processes of

• crustal uplift and stream erosion

• crustal uplift and glacial erosion

• crustal folding and stream erosion

• crustal folding and glacial erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The best title for the map would be

• Tectonic Plate Boundaries in New York State”

• “Bedrock Geology Locations of New York State”

• “Landscape Regions of New York State”

• “Watershed Areas of New York State”

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which graph best represents the relationship between surface-water runoff and stream discharge?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which graph best represents the range of particle sizes that can be carried by a glacier?

• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram below shows a stream flowing past points X and Y. If the velocity of the stream at point X is 100 centimeters per second, which statement best describes the sediments being transported past these points?

• 1) At points X and Y, only clay is being transported.

• 2) At points X and Y, only sand, silt, and clay are being transported.

• (3) Some pebbles being transported at point Y are bigger than those being transported at point X.

• (4) Some pebbles and cobbles are being transported at points X and Y, but not sand, silt, or clay.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the minimum rate of flow at which a stream of water can maintain the transportation of pebbles 1.0 centimeters in diameter?

• 50 cm/sec

• 100 cm/sec

• 150 cm/sec

• 200 cm/sec

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Unsorted, angular, rough-surfaced cobbles and boulders are found at the base of a cliff. What most likely transported these cobbles and boulders?

• running water

• wind

• gravity

• ocean currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

In which New York State landscape region is Niagara Falls located?

• Tug Hill Plateau

• St. Lawrence Lowlands     

• Allegheny Plateau

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands