Landscapes Earth Science

Friction causes the sides of a valley glacier to move more slowly than the center

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Glaciers form when _____

• less snow falls than melts 

• more snow falls than melts 

• less rain falls than freezes 

• more rain falls than freezes 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The deposit at the furthest point the glacier ever gets.

• moraine

• drumlin

• kettle lake

• striations

Which NYS landscape region is composed of mostly horizontal sedimentary bedrock and has a high elevation?

• Hudson Highlands

• The Catskills

• Manhattan Prong

• Taconic Mountains

Two cities in NYS, located at similar latitudes, can have very different landscapes. What causes this difference?

• differences in temperature

• differences in precipitation

• differences in bedrock structures

• differences in soil characteristics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If the rate of erosion (leveling force) on a particular landscape remains the same, but the uplifting forces dramatically increase, the elevation of that landscape will:

• decrease

• increase

• remain the same

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Looking at this depositional feature and the compass, what direction was the ice flowing?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Drumlins are composed of:

• sorted sediments

• unsorted sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Valley Stream is located on the Ronkonkoma Moraine's outwash plain. Compared to a moraine, sediments in an outwash plain are

• unsorted

• sorted

• more angular

• larger

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What feature is labeled A in Figure 7-1?

• kame

• esker

• drumlin

• end moraine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2