Landscape Regions of New York State Rose Procopio, Ellen Hansen and George Lombardo

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Landscape Regions ofNew York StateRose
Procopio, Ellen Hansen and George Lombardo
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Directions

• The following Powerpoint presentation contains
  photographs and questions of landscape features
  of NYS. Follow the Powerpoint presentation
  slide-by-slide and answer questions. Record your
  answers on the answer sheet provided.

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1) How many landscape regions are there in NYS?
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2) TRUE or FALSE The Adirondack Mountains are
composed of the same rock type formed during the
same geologic time.
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3) How many different ages of rocks are
represented on the map?
Links to photographs of landscapes Adirondack
Mountains Taconic Mountains Catskill
Mountains Allegheny Plateau
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4) Which landscape region is located furthest
south? Which one is located furthest north?
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5) Use your answer sheet to fill in the table.
For rock type, indicate whether the rock is
igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic.
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6) Categorize the following landscape regions as
high, medium or low elevation.
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7) Using a previous slide, rank the following
landscape regions from oldest to youngest.

• St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Taconic Mountains
• Allegheny Plateau
• Erie-Ontario Lowlands
• Adirondack Mountains
• Atlantic Coastal Plain

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8) What part of the Adirondack Mountain shows the
steepest slope?
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9) What is the general age of the bedrock in the
Alleghany Plateau.
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10) In which landscape region would you most
likely find the following rock?

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11) In which landscape region do you live?
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12) Which rock type is most abundant in NYS?
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13) In which landscape region would you find
little or no sites containing sand and gravel and
why?
Green dots represent sand and gravel sites across
NYS.
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14) Why are sand and gravel sites so abundant in
NYS?
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15) This rock contains various sized clasts in a
cement glue. In which landscape regions would
this rock be found?
 
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16) On your answer sheet, calculate the gradient
between the two points on the map below.
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Thank you for traveling the landscapes of NYS
with us! Here are some websites of landscapes
in NYS for your viewing pleasure..enjoy!

• http//www.adk.org/
• http//www.adirondacks.com/adkhistory.html
• http//people.hofstra.edu/faculty/j_b_bennington/n
  y_geology/erie_ontario/erie_ontario.html

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• http//www.tughillregion.com/
• http//www.catskillcenter.org/region.html
• http//people.hofstra.edu/faculty/j_b_bennington/n
  y_geology/manhattan_prong/manhattan_prong.html
• http//vmc.snr.uvm.edu/BullBd/bprpage.htm
• http//www.aft.altoona-pa.com/vistapic.html

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• THE END!