Name ______Period _____
Directions: Select the choice that best answers the question.
_____1. The boundaries between landscape regions are usually indicated by sharp changes in
A. bedrock structure and elevation
B. weathering rate and method of deposition
C. soil associations and geologic age
D. stream discharge rate and direction of flow
_____2.
_____3.
_____4. Which stream-drainage pattern most likely developed on the surface of a newly formed
volcanic mountain?
_____ 5.
The maps represent three different stream drainage patterns.
____ 6. Which statement is generally true of the three stream drainage patterns shown?
A. All are controlled by underlying bedrock structure.
B. All are in the old-age stage of stream development.
C. All are located in semiarid regions.
D. All are located in areas where deposition is greater than erosion.
The block diagram below shows a region that has undergone faulting.
_____7. Which map shows the stream drainage pattern that would most likely develop on the
surface of this region?
A B C D
The map below shows a stream drainage pattern. Arrows show the direction of stream flow.
8. On which landscape region did this drainage pattern most likely develop?
A B C D
9. Which landscape type(s) will have a dendritic stream drainage pattern? Why?
Answer ______Reason ______
The table shows characteristics of three landscape regions, X, Y, and Z.
10. Which terms, when substituted for X, Y, and Z, best complete the table?
A. X = mountains, Y = plains, Z = plateaus
B. X = plateaus, Y = mountains, Z = plains
C. X = plains, Y = plateaus, Z = mountains
D. X = mountains, Y = plateaus, Z = plains
11. New York State’s Catskills are classified as which type of landscape region?
A. mountain
B. plateau
C. lowland
D. plain
The landscape in the diagram developed in a region with an arid climate.
_____12. 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?
A B C D
The block diagrams show a river and its landscape during four stages of erosion.
_____ 13. In which order should the diagrams be placed to show the most likely sequence of river
and landscape development?
A. A, D, B, C
B. B, D, C, A
C. C, B, A, D
D. D, A, C, B