Glacier and River Erosion and Deposition

The photograph below shows a large boulder of

metamorphic rock in a field in the Allegheny

Plateau region of New York State. The boulder was

most likely moved to this location by

• Glacial Ice

• Prevailing Wind

• Stream Flow

• Volcanic Action

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The photograph below shows a valley. Which agent

of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?

• Wave Action

• Moving Ice

• Blowing Wind

• Flowing Water

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Which agent of erosion was primarily responsible

for forming the long, narrow, U-shaped valleys in

the Finger Lakes region of New York State?

• Wind

• Landslides

• Meandering Streams

• Continental glaciers

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Which agent of erosion transported the sediments that formed the moraines shown on the map?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

• Mass Movement

A major difference between sediments in the outwash and sediments in the moraines is that the sediments deposited in the outwash are

• Larger

• sorted

• more angular

• older

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

Which glacial feature has formed by the end of stage 3?

• Kettle Lake

• Finger Lake

• Drumlin

• Parallel Scratches

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Deposition within a meandering stream usually occurs

on the inside of the curves because the

• water velocity decreases

• stream gradient increases

• water is deeper

• stream is narrower

Which event will most likely occur during a heavy rainfall?

• less sediment carried by the streams

• an increase in sea level will cause more sediment to be deposited along the shoreline

• the shoreline will experience a greater range in tides

• the discharge from the streams into the lagoon will increase

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Which event is an example of chemical weathering?

• rocks falling off the face of a steep cliff

• feldspar in granite being crushed into clay sized

  particles

• water freezing in cracks in a roadside outcrop

• acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock