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1)
2)
C) mountain
D) plain
C) Pleistocene
D) Triassic
If the erosion of this plateau had taken place in a much more
humid climate, which diagram below best represents how
the landscape would appear?
4)
A)
5)
earthquakes
climatic conditions
the age of the bedrock
the amount of folding
C)
7)
B)
6)
3)
8)
D)
C) plain
D) mountainous area
9)
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11)
13)
C)
B)
D)
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A)
B)
A)
B)
C)
C)
D)
D)
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12)
C) plateau
D) coastal lowlands
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A)
B)
C)
D)
C) streams
D) wave action
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27)
A)
B)
C)
D)
soil characteristics
latitudes
bedrock characteristics
climates
igneous rocks
metamorphic rocks
transported soils
coastal plain deposits
26)
the Adirondacks
the Tug Hill Plateau
the Catskills
Long Island
21)
25)
Ordovician to Precambrian
Devonian to Silurian
Ordovician to Silurian
Precambrian to Cambrian
20)
28)
29)
Erie-Ontario Lowlands
Atlantic Coastal Plains
Appalachian Uplands
Adirondack Mountains
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37)
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faster, only
the same
first faster, then slower
slower, only
A)
C)
B)
D)
C) time
D) ocean currents
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38)
34)
A)
B)
C)
D)
Champlain Lowlands
Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands
Tug Hill Plateau
Taconic Mountains
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41)
activities of humans
a changing climate
wind erosion
physical weathering
47)
48)
C) human activities
D) ground water
D) A
A) A
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46)
B)
C)
D)
D) C
C) wind erosion
D) uplifting
A)
B)
C)
D)
C) B
A)
B) D
20 M.Y.A.
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C) C
43)
B) B
50)
type of soil
gradient of a stream
rate of erosion
profile of the land
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52)
The diagram below shows a geologic cross section of the rock layers in the vicinity of Niagara Falls in western New York State.
Which statement best explains the irregular shape of the rock face behind the falls?
A) The Rochester and Queenston shale and the Albion sandstone and shale are less resistant to erosion than the other rock
layers.
B) The Thorold sandstone and the whirlpool sandstone dissolve easily in water.
C) The Clinton limestone and shale contain many fossils.
D) The Lockport dolostone is an evaporite.
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53)
Which map best represents the stream drainage pattern of these volcanic mountains?
54)
A)
C)
B)
D)
The diagrams below show the same region of the Earth's crust at two different times.
These diagrams seem to indicate that landscape features are the result of
A)
B)
C)
D)
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B) B and C
C) A and D
D) B and D
Which process is primarily responsible for the shape of the surface shown in the diagram?
A) wave action
B) stream erosion
C) glacial action
D) crustal subsidence
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57)
The diagram below shows a geologic cross section and landscape profile of a section of the Earth's crust.
Based on the profile of this landscape, which statement is most likely correct?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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59)
C) running water
D) volcanic activity
60)
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61)
The diagram below shows an area where sea level gradually dropped over a period of thousands of years. A continuous sandy
beach deposit stretching from A to B was created.
Which statement about the beach deposit would most likely be true?
A) It is older at A than at B.
B) It is older at B than at A.
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63)
64)
A)
B)
C)
D)
65)
Erie-Ontario Lowlands
St. Lawrence Lowlands
Appalachian Plateau
Tug Hill Plateau
66)
C) Silurian
D) Cambrian
C) Early Triassic
D) Paleocene