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Earth science regents - landscapes of New York state, oceans and glaciers
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What is being formed in the diagram?
kettle lake
moraine
drumlin
esker
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High elevations and high relief
oceans
mountains
plateaus
plains
3
What is a watershed?
drainage basin
an ocean current
a shed that holds water
dendritic
4
Which particles can be carried by a glacier?
clay only
pebbles and cobbles
clay, sand, silt, pebbles, cobbles and boulders
clay, sand and silt
5
What force causes glacier movement?
pulling
outwash
elevation
gravity
6
Which 2 cities are located in the Allegheny Plateau?
Watertown and Elmira
Ithaca and Jamestown
Old Forge and Albany
Riverhead and Kingston
7
Long Island is in the landscape region
Allegheny Plateau
Erie Ontario Lowlands
Tug Hill Plateau
Atlantic Coastal Plain
8
What stream pattern forms on a landscape with uniform bedrock?
dendritic
trellis
radial
annular
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What type of drainage pattern would form on this landscape?
rectangular
radial
trellis
dendritic
10
The California Current is a _________ current flowing __________ the equator.
warm, away
cool, toward
warm, toward
cool, away
11
The largest landscape region in New York State is the
Erie Ontario Lowlands
Allegheny Plateau
Adirondack mountains
Atlantic Coastal Plain
12
What mineral is most likely to be deposited from evaporation of ocean water?
halite
quartz
galena
talc
13
What regions of NYS are formed by a glacier?
Long Island and the Finger Lakes
the Catskills and the Finger Lakes
Lake Chaplain and Long Island
Staten Island and the Adirondack Mountains
14
The occurrence of parallel scratches on bedrock and U shaped valleys are evidence of
gravity
glaciers
wind
running water
15
What portion of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
90%
65%
50%
75%
16
How does a waterfall form?
the water is moving at a faster velocity
a stream passes over a resistant layer of rock
crustal uplift under water
17
Rounded landscapes form in a
windy climate
humid climate
arid climate
snowy climate
18
New York's Landscape development is primarily because of
geology and rock types
climate only
climate and geology
volcanic activity
19
What is the temperature of the Peru Current?
hot
cold
warm
cool
20
What NYS landscape region is mostly metamorphic rocks?
Allegheny Plateau
Erie Ontario Lowlands
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Adirondack mountains
21
Which processes change the ocean shoreline?
precipitation and convection
wave action and longshore currents
wind erosion and mudslides
striations and eskers
22
How many years ago did the glacier cover New York State?
20,000
2,000
200,000
2
23
Which type of glacier forms in the mountains?
alpine
antarctica
oceanic
continental
24
Pattern that forms on a mountain
3
2
4
1
25
The shape of drumlins are useful in helping determine
age of the glacier
direction of glacial movement
thickness of glacial ice
the rate of glacial movement
26
A large boulder carried by a glacier is called
an erratic
a kettle
a drumlin
an esker
27
Sediments deposited by a glacier are
sorted and unaltered
unsorted and layered
sorted and layered
unsorted and unlayered
28
What is the difference between the sediments in glacial till and glacial outwash?
there is no difference
glacial till is sorted and outwash is unsorted
they are both sorted and layered
glacial till is unsorted and outwash is sorted
29
Glaciers will carve _____ shaped valleys
S
W
U
V
30
What landscape region is 400 million years old?
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Adirondack Mountains
Allegheny Plateau
Newark Lowlands
31
What type of drainage pattern would form on this landscape?
dendritic
rectangular
radial
annular
32
The Brazil Current is a _________ current flowing __________ the equator.
warm, toward
warm, away
cool, toward
cool, away
33
Which drainage pattern would form on a volcano?
trellis
radial
rectangular
dendritic
34
Glaciers form scratches on bedrock because they
deposit sediment in unsorted piles
continually melt and freeze
deposit rounded sand in U shaped valleys
drag loose rock material along the surface
35
Which River is a tributary of the Hudson River?
Mohawk River
Genessee River
Deleware River
Susquehanna River
36
What would be the best title for this map?
Watershed Areas of NYS
Landscape Regions of NYS
Bedrock Geology of NYS
Tectonic Plate Boundaries in NYS
37
barriers that hold sand on the beach
sandbars
jetties
spits
bluffs
38
What is the age of the Erie Ontario Lowlands?
Cambrian
Devonian
Ordovician
Silurian
39
What drainage pattern would form on this landscape?
annular
radial
dendritic
rectangular
40
What is the only true mountain region in New York state?
Adirondack mountains
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Allegheny Plateau
Erie Ontario Lowlands
41
Pattern that forms on uniform bedrock
4
2
1
3
42
Ridges of sand that run parallel to the ocean shore are called
jetties
sandbars
spits
bluffs
43
The Catskills are actually part of which region?
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Erie Ontario Lowlands
Allegheny Plateau
Adirondack mountains
44
Landscape development is based on
climate only
climate and geology
volcanic activity
geology and bedrock
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Which diagram is a plateau?
D
A
C
B
