Answer the following questions based on your interpretation of the Generalized Landscape Regions of New York State and the Generalized Bedrock Geology maps of the Earth Science Reference Tables (pages 2 and 3) as well as your class notes. Note that both maps are drawn at the same scale and on the same geographic base map. Superimposing of maps one upon another may be helpful in answering some of the questions.
1. The bedrock which is exposed within the Allegheny Plateau is primarily of which age?
a. Silurian b. Cretaceous c. Devonian d. Middle Proterozoic2. The Catskills are an example of which landscape type?
a. mountains b. dissected plateau c. plain (lowland) d. plateau3. The youngest rock units in New York State can be observed in which landscape region?
a. Tug Hill Plateau b. Adirondack Mountains c. Newark Lowlands d. Atlantic Coastal Plain4. The oldest rocks in New York Stare are exposed in which landscape region?
a. Hudson Highlands b. St. Lawrence Lowlands c. Erie-Ontario Lowlands d. Newark Lowlands5. Which region is underlain by the oldest bedrock?
a. Taconic Mountains b. St. Lawrence Lowlands c. Hudson Highlands d. The Catskills6. If you were to walk from Mt. Marcy to Massena, the age of the bedrock along your path would
a. decrease b. increase c. remain the same.7. Silurian age bedrock can be found in the vicinity of which city?
a. Binghamton b. Watertown c. Albany d. Syracuse8. The bedrock in the vicinity of Old Forge would most likely consist of
a. limestone and shale b. conglomerate and sandstonec. slate and dolostone d. gneiss and quartzite9. Bedrock of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian age is exposed in which landscape region?
a. Allegheny Plateau b. Manhattan Prong c. Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands d. Catskills10. If you were to successfully ascend to the top of Slide Mountain, on which class of rocks would you
be standing?
a. igneous b. sedimentary c. metamorphic11. The St. Lawrence Lowlands are drained by which river?
a. Hudson b. Mohawk c. St. Lawrence d. Susquehanna12. Bedrock of Ordovician age is exposed in the vicinity of which city?
a. Albany b. Buffalo c. Niagara Falls d. Old Forge13. Which is the generally observed relationship between bedrock age and topographic elevation in
NYS?a. The older the bedrock the lower the elevation.b. The younger the bedrock the higher the elevation.c. The older the bedrock the higher the elevation.d. There is no relationship between bedrock age and elevation.14. Which landscape region is most likely to have been shaped by the action of ocean waves?
a. Adirondack Mountains b. Atlantic Coastal Plain c. Tug Hill Plateau d. Catskills15. The city of Kingston is located at the boundary between which two landscape regions?
a. Allegheny Plateau and Erie-Ontario Lowlandsb. Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands and Taconic Mountainsc. The Catskills and Hudson-Mohawk Lowlandsd. Hudson Highlands and Manhattan Prong 