New York State Landscape Quiz

Which kind of landscape is not likely to be underlain by flat sedimentary rock?

• Lowlands

• Plateaus

• Plains

• Mountains

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What kind of landscape region is often characterized by flat-lying layers of sedimentary rock that have been uplifted by forces within Earth without major folding and faulting, and then eroded to form deep stream valleys?

• Plains

• Mountains

• Plateaus

• Coastal lowlands

In the 1800’s, the Erie Canal was built from the Albany area through Utica and Syracuse, then just south of Rochester to Buffalo. What landscapes did the canal flow?

• The canal was built primarily through valleys in mountain landscapes.

• The canal was built primarily through plateau landscapes.

• The canal was built across plains landscapes whenever possible.

• The canal connected all the landscape regions of New York State.

Within New York State, the Genesee River and the Susquehanna River flow mostly through which landscape region?

• The Hudson-Mohawk lowlands

• The Allegheny Plateau

• The Atlantic Coastal Plain

• The Adirondack Mountains

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Tilted, metamorphosed bedrock is typically found in which New York State landscape region?

• Taconic Mountains

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

What landscape region is located at 44° N, 74° W?

• Allegheny Plateau

• Adirondack Mountains

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

Which two locations are in the same New York State landscape region?

• Albany and Old Forge

• Massena and Mt. Marcy

• Binghamton and New York City

• Jamestown and Ithaca

The Catskills are actually a part of what larger landscape region?

• Allegheny Plateau

• Adirondack Mountains

• New England Highlands

• Manhattan Prong

In which New York State landscape region is surface bedrock generally composed of metamorphic rock?

• Adirondack Mountains

• The Catskills

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

Which town or city is located within the New York State landscape region with the greatest difference in elevation from the highest to the lowest land levels?

• Buffalo

• Old Forge

• Rochester

• Massena