9.1 and 9.2 notes

Question 1

a region on Earth’s surface in which landforms have a common origin

Answer 1

Landscape

Question 2

shows the shape of the land (highlights various landscape regions)

Answer 2

Topography

Question 3

the change in elevation

Answer 3

relief

Question 4

how many major landscape regions are there?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

how are the major landscape regions classified?

Answer 5

bedrock and elevation

Question 6

mountains have what amount of change in elevation

Answer 6

greatest

Question 7

mountains have

Answer 7

peaks and valleys

Question 8

mountains are also known as

Answer 8

highlands

Question 9

mountain bedrock is not

Answer 9

horizontal

Question 10

mountains usually have what type of rock

Answer 10

metamorphic

Question 11

plateaus are also known as

Answer 11

uplands

Question 12

plateaus have what relief

Answer 12

medium relief

Question 13

plateaus have

Answer 13

several stream valleys

Question 14

plateaus have what type of bedrock layers

Answer 14

flat

Question 15

plateaus have what type of rock

Answer 15

sedimentary

Question 16

what are alleghany and catskills?

Answer 16

plateaus

Question 17

what are the adirondacks

Answer 17

mountains

Question 18

plains are also known as

Answer 18

lowlands

Question 19

plains have what relief

Answer 19

little relief

Question 20

plains have what elevation

Answer 20

low elevation

Question 21

plains are

Answer 21

flat

Question 22

the ____ and ____ of precipitation influence measurable landscape characteristics

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amount and distribution

Question 23

landscapes in arid climates have what type of soil

Answer 23

thin

Question 24

arid landscapes with what humus

Answer 24

little humus (organic matter)

Question 25

arid landscapes have what angles and what slopes

Answer 25

sharp angles and steep slopes

Question 26

landscapes in moist climates have what soil

Answer 26

thick and rich soil

Question 27

landscapes in moist have what features

Answer 27

smooth and rounded

Question 28

softer erodes

Answer 28

faster than harder, durable rock

Question 29

the more durable layers will form

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the steepest slopes or cliffs

Question 30

durable rock form higher portions of a landscape like

Answer 30

plateaus, mountains, and cliffs

Question 31

the way water flows off the landscape depends on the bedrock structure

Answer 31

drainage patterns

Question 32

drainage patterns are determined by _____ join larger streams

Answer 32

tributaries or small streams

Question 33

mountainous areas, water flows in all directions

Answer 33

radial

Question 34

plateaus, folded or faulted bedrock

Answer 34

dendritic (branching)

Question 35

plains-very flat areas, water branches together

Answer 35

trellis (rectangular)

Question 36

forms when an igneous intrusion is exposed at the surface

Answer 36

annular

Question 37

all of the water that drains off a landscape region into a body of water (ocean or stream)

Answer 37

drainage basin (watershed)

Question 38

streams form what shaped valleys

Answer 38

v shaped

Question 39

glaciers form what shaped valleys

Answer 39

u shaped

Question 40

an arid landscape has what slopes with what angles

Answer 40

steep slopes with high angles

Question 41

a humid landscape has what slopes with what corners

Answer 41

steep slopes with rounded corners

Question 42

plateaus have what layers

Answer 42

flat horizontal layers

Question 43

plateaus have what elevation

Answer 43

high elevation that has been weathered

Question 44

mountains has layers that have been

Answer 44

squeezed and bent

Question 45

the result of the interaction of tectonic plates colliding and the processes of weather, erosion, and deposition

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landforms

Question 46

what is evidence that layers have been lifted

Answer 46

fossils of marine life at high elevations

Question 47

what landscape region is Lancaster, NY

Answer 47

plateau

Question 48

all of the water on planet Earth

Answer 48

hydrosphere

Question 49

the constant movement of water among the oceans, the atmosphere, the solid Earth, and the biosphere

Answer 49

water cycle

Question 50

the process of converting liquid water to a gaseous form in the environment

Answer 50

evaporation

Question 51

the release of absorbed water by plants into the atmosphere

Answer 51

transpiration

Question 52

water vapor changing back into liquid water, clouds are formed by this

Answer 52

condensation

Question 53

droplets join together until they are too heavy any form of water that falls from a cloud

Answer 53

precipitation

Question 54

the movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and spaces

Answer 54

infiltration

Question 55

water that does not infiltrate flows over the land into rivers and lakes only occurs when rainfalls exceeds the earth's ability to absorb it

Answer 55

run off

Question 56

unable to hold or contain more (full)

Answer 56

saturated

Question 57

capable of absorbing more of something

Answer 57

unsaturated

Question 58

having pores or opening that permit liquids or gases to pass through

Answer 58

permeable

Question 59

not allowing the passage (of a liquid) through it's substance

Answer 59

impermeable

Question 60

occurs when the average precipitation over the earth equals the amount of water that evaporates

Answer 60

dynamic equillibrium

Question 61

earth has been recycling water since the

Answer 61

outgassing of water early in its history

Question 62

how is water returned from the atmosphere to earths surface

Answer 62

precipitation

Question 63

forms of precipitation

Answer 63

rain snow and sleet

Question 64

how does water return to the atmosphere

Answer 64

evaporation or transpiration from plants

Question 65

the process by which living plants release water vapor back into the atmosphere

Answer 65

transpiration

Question 66

the rate of evaporation increases when

Answer 66

surface area increases

Question 67

what increases the rate of evaporation and transpiration

Answer 67

dry hot and windy conditions

Question 68

what forms clouds

Answer 68

condensation

Question 69

water soaking into the soil

Answer 69

infiltration

Question 70

water travelling down on top of the land (in rivers and streams)

Answer 70

runoff

Question 71

source of energy for the water cycle

Answer 71

the sun