Landscapes

Which agents of erosion most likely formed Drumlins and the Finger Lakes in New York State?

• Moving Ice
• Running Water
• Wave Action
• Mass Movement

 Largest portion of the Geneses River in New York that flows through which landscape region?

• Ontario Lowlands
• Tug Hill Plateau
• Allegheny Plateau
• Saint Lewis Lowlands

Landscapes characterized by gentle slopes and meandering streams can be found in regions with?

• Steep mountain cliffs
• High volcanic  
• Recently active fault and folds
• Sediment- covered bedrock

The photo below shows a valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?

• Moving Ice
• Ocean Waves
• Running Water
• Blowing Wind

Which two New York landscape regions have surface bedrock that formed 1000 million years ago?

• Hudson-highlands and adirondack mountains
• Erie-Ontario lowlands and Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Tug hill plateau and Allegheny plateau
• Newark lowlands and Manhattan Prong

• Ocean Current
• Wind Current
• Peru Current
• Deep Water Currents

Which two factors have the most influence on the development of landscape features?

• Bedrock structures and climate variations
• Rate of deposition and thickness of the bedrock
• Bedrock age and weathering rates
• Rate of erosion and fossils in the bedrock  

These index fossil shells were  found in the surface bedrock of which landscape region?

• St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Tug Hill Plateau
• the Catskills
• Adirondack Mountains

Which New York landscape region is composed of horizontal sedimentary rocks at high elevations?

• Hudson Highlands
• Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Allegheny Plateau
• Taconic Mountains

According to the cross section, every 1 million years, the ocean floor bedrock moves around ___

• 20 km away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 40 km toward the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 40 km away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 20 km toward the Mid-Atlantic Ridge