EXTENDED TOPIC D OBJECTIVES

GLACIAL GEOLOGY

1. Describe the influence that climate has on landscape development.

2. Given the General Landscape Regions of New York State Map in the ESRT, identify and locate the different landscape regions found in New York State.

3. List several ways which humans have altered the landscape. 

4. Match the stream drainage pattern with the landscape. 

5 a. In terms of snowfall, list factors needed to form a glacier.

b. Identify locations where glaciers are found today. 

6. Explain factors that allow glaciers to flow.

7. Describe the composition of glacial till. 

8. Explain the process that produces glacial striations in the bedrock.

9. List evidence found on the tops of mountains in New York State to suggest the size of the continental glaciers that covered the State. 

10. Specify two evidences used to determine the direction the glaciers moved.

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11. Identify evidence found in glaciers that can be used to investigate past environmental conditions.

12. List evidences that suggest New York State experienced several periods of glaciation during the Pleistocene Epoch.

13. Describe how glaciation changed the ecology of New York State.

14. Identify two locations in New York State that were not covered by glacial ice.

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15. Given topographic maps, diagrams or photographs, identify glacial features.

16. Given a glacial formation describe its characteristics. 

17. Compare glacial outwash deposits to glacial till.

18. Assess how past glacial activity has affected the economy of New York State.