New York State Landscape Regions Quiz

Which New York State landscape region contains mostly Devonian bedrock?

• Adirondack Highlands

• Atlantic Coastal Lowlands

• Appalachian Uplands

• Tug Hill Plateau

Which landscape region separates the Adirondack Mountains from the Catskills?

• Taconic Mountains

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands

• Champlain Lowlands

In which landscape region is Ithaca, New York, located?

• Appalachian Uplands

• Adirondack Highlands

• the Catskills

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

Which New York landscape region is composed primarily of Cretaceous through Pleistocene unconsolidated sediments?

• Champlain Lowlands

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands

• Atlantic Coastal Lowlands

The surface bedrock of the Tug Hill Plateau landscape region is mostly composed of

• igneous rock of Silurian age

• sediments of Tertiary age

• metamorphic rock of Precambrian age

• sedimentary rock of Ordovician age

Which New York State landscape region contains mostly Precambrian bedrock?

• Adirondack Mountains

• Atlantic Coastal Lowlands

• Appalachian Plateau

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

In which type of landscape region is Elmira, New York, located?

• mountains

• plain

• plateau

• lowlands

Which landscape region in New York State is composed of the youngest material?

• Taconic Mountains

• Adirondack Mountains

• Catskills

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

Which New York State landscape region could have surface bedrock containing dinosaur fossils?

• Adirondack Highlands

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Newark Lowlands

The fossil shown below was found in the surface bedrock in New York State. In which landscape region was this fossil most likely found?

• Adirondack Mountains

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Hudson Highlands

• Newark Lowlands