Which cross section best represents the shape of the stream channel at line XY?

A plane traveling in a straight line from Watertown to Utica would fly over which landscape region?

The pattern of sediment size shown indicates that these sediments were most likely deposited within a

Which climate conditions most likely produce a landscape with rounded hills, large river valleys with many tributaries, and tropical vegetation?

The narrow, sandy, barrier islands in the ocean along the south coast of Long Island were deposited by

Which type of landscape region is found at 44º North latitude and 75º West longitude?

What is the name of the largest sediment that can be transported by a stream moving at a velocity of 100 centimeters per second (cm/s)?

Which land form is produced at location E where the Mississippi River enters the Gulf of Mexico?

The diagrams below represent four different examples of one process that transports sediments.

Which process is shown in these diagrams?

The greatest stream velocities are found closest to points

Which stream profile best represents the cross section from A to A' ?

The shape of elongated hills labeled drumlins is most useful in determining the

The diagram below represents a side view of a hill (drumlin) that was deposited by a glacier on the Atlantic coast.

This hill is most likely composed of

What is the minimum water velocity needed in a stream to maintain the transportation of the smallest boulder?

This glacial landscape feature is best identified as

The largest particles that a stream deposits as it enters a pond are 8 centimeters in diameter. The minimum velocity of the stream is approximately

Which cross section best represents the valley shape where a rapidly flowing stream is cutting into the bedrock in a mountainous area?

The model shown below illustrates stream erosion between locations A and B in the stream.

Placing a second block under location A will cause the stream's velocity to

The map below shows coastal features of a portion of Long Island, New York. Point A represents a location on a landscape feature that resulted from wave action and longshore currents.

On which landscape feature is point A located?

Base your answer on the contour map below, which shows a hill formed by glacial deposition near Rochester, New York. Letters A through E are reference points. Elevations are in feet.

This glacial deposit is best identified as

Base your answer on the contour map below, which shows a hill formed by glacial deposition near Rochester, New York. Letters A through E are reference points. Elevations are in feet.

According to this hill of unsorted sediments, what direction was the glacier advancing?

Which profile best shows the general depositional pattern that occurs when water from a stream enters the ocean?

Weathering is the process of -

An example of chemical weathering is -

An example of physical weathering is -

Over millions of years, weak carbonic acid can dissolve limestone to form -

Carbonic acid is formed in nature when -

Which drainage pattern is seen on mountain tops or volcanoes with uniform composition.

Example: Rim of the Adirondacks

Which drainage pattern forms on a dome with layers of different compositions which erode at different rates.

Examples: Esopus Creek, NY and Black Hills, SD

Which drainage pattern develops in areas with bedrock tilted or folded into ridges.

Example: Central Adirondack Mountains

A Watershed or Drainage Basin can best be described as....

Which underlying bedrock structure would most likely produced this stream drainage pattern?

This landscape has dry. steep, sharp sided slopes.

Little vegetation

Mainly physical weathering caused by wind abrasion.

This landscape has rounded, smoother slopes. Lots of moisture and vegetation. Both chemical weathering and physical weathering are present.

This landscape has large areas of flat land elevated high above sea level

What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

What are sharp pyramid shaped peaks formed by alpine glaciers called?

What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?

which type of moraine forms along each side of a glacier?

As permeability increases

What is the relationship between particle size and porosity?

How does groundwater occur?

What is porosity

Define permeability

What affect does particle size have on permeability

Water flows through permeable materials ____ than impermeable materials.

Soil with the greatest porosity has particles that are

What is infiltration?

When people remove vegetation, they ____ runoff and the erosion process.

While on vacation, a student took a picture of a valley. The student explained that this valley was formed by a glacier(ice). How do we know that the valley was formed by ice?