Landforms Review

Describe how the size of sediments will most likely change as they are transported downstream.

Describe how the shape of sediments will most likely change as they are transported downstream.

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Identify the triangular-shaped depositional feature indicated by letter C.

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Identify the name of the largest sediment particles that can be transported at point A when the stream's velocity is 100 cm/s.

Describe the arrangement of sediment in the glacial moraines.

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The streambank at location B is steeper than the streambank at location A because the water near location B is moving

• slower than the water near location A, causing more erosion

• slower than the water near location A , causing more deposition

• faster than the water near location A, causing more erosion

• faster than the water near location A, causing more deposition

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The longest portion of the Genesee River in New York State flows through which landscape region?

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Allegheny Plateau

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

In which landscape region are New York State’s Finger Lakes primarily located?

The photograph below shows a steep-sided rock formation that is over 100 meters high. This landscape feature is located in an arid region.

What would happen to this landscape feature if the climate became more humid?

• less weathering and erosion, producing a more rounded landscape feature

• less weathering and erosion, producing a more angular landscape feature

• more weathering and erosion, producing a more rounded landscape feature

• more weathering and erosion, producing a more angular landscape feature

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The map below shows coastal features of a portion of Long island, New York. Point A represents a location on a landscape feature that resulted from wave action and longshore currents.

On which landscape feature is point A located?

• moraine

• delta

• barrier island

• floodplain

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