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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which agent of erosion is mainly responsible for the formation of the depressions occupied by both the kettle lakes and finger lakes found in New York State?
wind
waves
streams
glaciers
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which landscape feature was most likely formed by glacial activity?
an eroded plateau
a flat floodplain
a U-shaped valley
a V-shaped valley
- 3. Multiple Choice
Base your answer on the diagram which represents a profile of a mountain glacier in the northern United States. The downhill movement of mountain glaciers such as the one shown in the diagram is primarily caused by
evaporation of ice directly from the glacier
snow blowing across the top of the glacier
the force of gravity pulling on the glacier
water flowing over the glacier
- 4. Multiple Choice
What will be the most probable arrangement of rock particles deposited directly by a glacier?
sorted and layered
sorted and not layered
unsorted and layered
unsorted and not layered
- 5. Multiple Choice
Base your answer on the diagram below, which shows the edge of a continental glacier that is receding. R indicates elongated hills. The ridge of sediments from X to Yrepresents a landscape feature.
Which feature will most likely form when the partially buried ice block melts?
drumlin
moraine
kettle lake
finger lake
- 6. Multiple Choice
An elongated hill that is composed of unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier is called
a delta
a drumlin
a sand dune
an outwash plain
- 7. Multiple Choice
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
cemented sediments
unsorted sediments
vertically layered sediments
horizontally layered sediments
- 8. Multiple Choice
The sediment deposited by the valley glacier at position X is best described as
sorted according to particle size
unsorted
sorted according to particle density
sorted according to particle texture
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram below shows a portion of a stream. The sand bar formed as a direct result oferosion due to a decrease in stream velocityerosion due to an increase in stream velocitydeposition due to a decrease in stream velocitydeposition due to an increase in stream velocity
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe map below represents a river as it enters a lake.
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?A,C and EB, D and FB, C, and FA, D and E - 11. Multiple ChoiceSediments are deposited in a river delta because thevelocity of the river decreasedforce of gravity decreasedvolume of the river increasesgradient of the river increases
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe entire area drained by a river and its tributaries is called aDeltaWatershedValleyFloodplain
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAt which location is the greatest amount of sediment most likely being deposited?ABCD
- 14. Multiple ChoiceTrees growing on the edge of a river's meander are most likely to fall into the river due todeposition on the inside of the meanderdeposition on the outside of the meandererosion on the inside of the meandererosion on the outside of the meander
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram below shows a section of a meander in a stream. The arrow shows the direction of stream flow. The stream bank on the outside of this meander is steeper than than the stream bank on the inside of this meander because the water on the outside of the meander is movingSlower, causing depositionFaster, causing depositionSlower, causing erosionFaster, causing erosion
- 16. Multiple ChoiceA stream’s velocity decreases from 100 cm/s to 5cm/s. Which size sediment particles will still be transported by the stream?pebbles, sand, silt and claysand, silt and clay onlysilt and clay onlyclay only
- 17. Multiple ChoiceFlash flooding often occurs in city areas becauserunoff decreases during preciptiationground water storage is usually very largeroads, pavements and buildings reduce the infiltration of water into the groundthe heat generated by the city areas decreases actual evapotranspiration
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