Name HW - Landscapes 1. New York s Tug Hill landscape region is classified as a plateau because this region has a A) high elevation with distorted bedrock B) high elevation with nearly horizontal layers of bedrock C) low elevation with distorted bedrock D) low elevation with nearly horizontal layers of bedrock 2. Base your answer to the following question on The cross section below shows the general bedrock structure of an area containing three different landscape regions, A, B, and C. 4. Landscape regions are best identified by their A) fossils and rock age B) latitude and climate C) elevation and bedrock structure D) soil composition and particle size 5. Which feature often indicates a boundary between landscape regions? A) a highway cutting through a mountain region B) resistant bedrock composed of more than one type of mineral C) a long, meandering stream flowing across a large, level region D) a change in slope between adjoining bedrock types with different structures 6. The maps below labeled A, B, and C, show three different stream drainage patterns. Which list correctly identifies the type of landscapes represented by letters A, B, and C? A) A = plain, B = plateau, C = mountain B) A = mountain, B = plateau, C = plain C) A = mountain, B = plain, C = plateau D) A = plateau, B = plain, C = mountain 3. Which landscape surface resulted primarily from erosion by glaciers? A) B) C) D) Which factor is primarily responsible for causing these three different drainage patterns? A) amount of precipitation B) bedrock structure C) stream discharge D) prevailing winds 7. A plane traveling in a straight line from Watertown to Utica would fly over which landscape region? A) Tug Hill Plateau B) Adirondack Mountains C) St. Lawrence Lowlands D) Champlain Lowlands 8. Salt deposits are found in the surface bedrock near which New York State location? A) Oswego B) Syracuse C) Old Forge D) Albany 9. Which type of rock is most commonly found as an outcrop in the Allegheny Plateau in New York State? A) sandstone B) gneiss C) basalt D) slate
10. The block diagrams below, labeled A, B, and C, show the relative elevation and rock structure of three different landscape regions. Which set correctly identifies the landscape region shown in each block diagram? A) A mountain, B plateau, C plain B) A mountain, B plain, C plateau C) A plateau, B mountain, C plain D) A plateau, B plain, C mountain 11. The table below describes the characteristics of three landscape regions, A, B, and C, found in the United States. Which list best identifies landscapes A, B, and C? A) A mountain, B plain, C plateau B) A plain, B plateau, C mountain C) A plateau, B mountain, C plain D) A plain, B mountain, C plateau 12. The cross section below shows the rock structure of a deeply eroded, domed mountain region. Which map shows the stream drainage pattern that will most likely develop as the bedrock is weathered and eroded from this igneous dome?
13. The map below shows a stream drainage pattern. Arrows show the direction of stream flow. On which landscape region did this drainage pattern most likely develop? 14. The block diagram below shows a region that has undergone faulting. 15. Base your answer to the following question on The diagram below represents a map view of a stream drainage pattern. Which map shows the stream drainage pattern that would most likely develop on the surface of this region? Which underlying bedrock structure most likely produced this stream drainage pattern? 16. Which city is located on the oldest bedrock? A) Jamestown B) Binghamton C) Syracuse D) Watertown
17. The topographic map below shows a particular landscape. Which map best represents the stream drainage pattern for this landscape? 18. The map below shows the drainage patterns of a volcanic region. Which two locations are most likely volcanic mountain peaks? A) A and B B) B and C C) A and D D) B and D 19. Which New York State river flows generally southward? A) St. Lawrence River B) Niagara River C) Genesee River D) Hudson River 20. Large garnet mineral crystals are found in the metamorphic surface bedrock in which New York State landscape region? A) Catskills B) Adirondacks C) Erie-Ontario Lowlands D) Tug Hill Plateau 21. In which New York State landscape region is Niagara Falls located? A) Tug Hill Plateau B) St. Lawrence Lowlands C) Allegheny Plateau D) Erie-Ontario Lowlands 22. Which two locations are found in the same New York State landscape region? A) Old Forge and Utica B) Niagara Falls and Watertown C) Kingston and Rochester D) Plattsburgh and Ithaca 23. Which New York State landscape region contains the oldest surface bedrock? A) Erie-Ontario Lowlands B) Allegheny Plateau C) Adirondack Mountains D) Tug Hill Plateau 24. Which New York State landscape region includes the location 43 30' N latitude, 75 45'W longitude? A) Adirondack Mountains B) Erie-Ontario Lowlands C) St. Lawrence Lowlands D) Tug Hill Plateau 25. Which New York State landscape feature was formed primarily as a result of glacial deposition? A) Adirondack Mountains B) Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands C) Tug Hill Plateau D) Long Island
26. Base your answer to the following question on the map below, which shows watershed regions of New York State. Most of the surface bedrock of the Ontario-St. Lawrence watershed was formed during which geologic time periods? A) Precambrian and Cambrian B) Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian C) Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian D) Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous 27. Which landscape region separates the Adirondack Mountains from the Catskills? A) Taconic Mountains B) Tug Hill Plateau C) Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands D) Champlain Lowlands 28. A state of equilibrium exists between uplifting and leveling forces in a particular landscape region. If conditions change because uplifting forces increase, elevations in the region will most likely A) decrease B) increase C) remain the same 29. If the rate of erosion in a particular landscape on the Earth's surface increases and the uplifting forces remain constant, the elevation of that landscape will A) decrease B) increase C) remain the same
30. The diagrams below represent two different plateaus. Which factor was probably most important in causing one plateau to develop smooth, rounded surface features and the other plateau to develop sharp, angular surface features? A) type of bedrock B) amount of folding C) time D) climate