Stream Stages, Glaciers, and Landscapes Review

As a quartz pebble is transported by a stream, the pebble will become more rounded as a result of

• dissolving as water is running over the rock

• abrasion by colliding with other rocks

• deposition in well-sorted layers

• resistance to weathering and erosion

The block diagram below represents a section of a meandering stream. The arrows show the direction of stream flow. The stream bank on the outside of this meander is steeper than the stream bank on the inside of this meander because the water on the outside of this meander is moving

• slower, causing more deposition

• slower, causing more erosion

• faster, causing more deposition

• faster, causing more erosion

The block diagram below represents the surface features in a landscape region. Which diagram best represents the general stream drainage pattern of this entire region?

• Choice A

• Choice B

• Choice C

• Choice D

The diagram below represents a portion of a meandering stream. Letters A, B, C, and D represent locations on the bottom of the stream. At which two locations would the stream most likely be the deepest?

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

The block diagram below represents an igneous dome that uplifted overlying rock layers, which were then weathered and eroded. Which stream drainage pattern is most likely found on the surface of the area represented by the block diagram?

• Choice A

• Choice B

• Choice C

• Choice D

Trees growing on the edge of a river's meander are most likely to fall into the river due to

• deposition on the inside of the meander

• deposition on the outside of the meander

• erosion on the inside of the meander

• erosion on the outside of the meander

In the box below, draw a cross-sectional view of the general shape of the stream bottom from point X to point Y.

A cross section of Niagara Falls is shown below. [diagram_placeholder] Which two rock units appear to be most resistant to weathering and erosion?

• Lockport dolostone and Whirlpool sandstone

• Rochester shale and Albion sandstone and shale

• Clinton limestone and shale and Queenston shale

• Thorold sandstone and Queenston shale

The diagram below shows a glacial landscape feature forming over time from a melting block of ice. [diagram_placeholder] This glacial landscape feature is best identified as

• a kettle lake

• an outwash plain

• a finger lake

• a moraine

Base your answer to the following question on the block diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The block diagram represents a landscape that was produced by a meandering stream. One landscape feature is labeled X. Letters A, B, C, and D represent locations on the stream banks. Erosion is most likely greatest at locations

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A