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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which type of surface bedrock is most commonly found in the Utica, New York area?
sedimentary, with limestone, shale, sandstone, and dolostone
sedimentary, with limestone, shale, sandstone, and conglomerate
metamorphic, with quartzite, dolostone, marble, and schist
metamorphic, with gneiss, quartzite, marble, and slate
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Catskills are commonly called mountains, but are actually part of the Allegheny Plateau. The Catskills are classified as a plateau because of their
low elevation
bedrock structure
bedrock age
high degree of metamorphism
- 3. Multiple Choice
The only dinosaur fossils found in New York State are footprints found on 210-million-year old bedrock. In which New York State landscape region were these dinosaur fossils found?
Newark Lowlands
Tug Hill Plateau
Allegheny Plateau
Adirondack Mountains
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which types of surface bedrock are most likely found near Jamestown, New York?
slate and marble
basalt and limestone
shale and sandstone
granite and sandstone
- 5. Multiple Choice
If water is flowing from South to North over a waterfall, over several thousand years, which direction will the structure of the waterfall itself move?
North
South
East
Weast
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which landscape region is a flat plain consisting mainly of unsorted clays, gravels, sands, scratched pebbles, boulders, and cobbles?
The Manhattan Prong
The Adirondacks
The Catskills
Long Island
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which stream pattern will occur over a relatively flat surface with loose, unconsolidated sediments?
Annular
Trellis
Dendritic
Radial
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which stream pattern would occur on top of a mountain?
Dendritic
Annular
Radial
Rectangular
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which factor is primarily responsible for causing different drainage patterns
Annual rainfall
Bedrock structure
Prevailing winds
Concentration of CO2
- 10. Multiple Choice
How many years ago did the bedrock of the Newark Lowlands form?
125 million years ago
100 million years ago
350 million years ago
200 million years ago
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which body of water is about 50 km to the east of Mt. Marcy?
Lake Champlain
The Long Island Sound
Lake Superior
Lake Erie
- 12. Multiple Choice
The surface bedrock in the Hudson Highlands consists mostly of
diabase, dolostone, and granite
slate, siltstone, and basalt
gneiss, quartzite, and marble
limestone, shale, sandstone, and conglomerate
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