Geographic Province and Landscape Regions of NY State

Long Island is part of which New York State landscape region?

• Newark Lowlands

• Manhattan Prong

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

Landscapes with a faulted and folded surface bedrock structure, steep slopes, and high elevations are classified as

• mountains

• lowlands

• plains

• plateaus

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The only dinosaur fossils found in New York State are tracks found on 210-million-year-old bedrock. Which New York State landscape region were these dinosaur fossils found?

• Tug Hill Plateau

• Newark Lowlands

• Allegheny Plateau

• Adirondack Mountains

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Which chart best describes the landscape category and the general bedrock structure, type, and composition of New York State’s Catskills?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The Catskills of New York State are best described as a plateau, while the Adirondacks are best described as mountains. Which factor is most responsible for the difference in landscape classification of these two regions?

• climate variations

• bedrock structure

• vegetation type

• bedrock age

In which landscape region are New York State’s Finger Lakes primarily located?

• Adirondack Mountains

• Allegheny Plateau

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

The Adirondacks are classified as mountains because of the high elevation and bedrock that consists mainly of

• deformed and intensely metamorphosed rocks

• glacial deposits of unconsolidated gravels, sands, and clays

• Cambrian and Ordovician quartzites and marbles

• horizontal sedimentary rocks of marine origin

Which two New York State landscape regions have surface bedrock that formed about 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

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During which period in geologic history did the dome-like uplift of Adirondack region begin?

• Quaternary

• Cretaceous

• Triassic

• Cambrian

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The surface bedrock in the Hudson Highlands consists mostly of:

• diabases, dolostones, and granites

• slates, siltstones, and basalts

• gneisses, quartzites, and marbles

• limestones, shales, sandstones, and conglomerates

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