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Glaciers Deserts and Wind

Glaciers Deserts and Wind

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Social Studies

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11th - 12th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A thick ice mass that moves slowly over the land surface.

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glacier

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Ice masses that slowly advance down valleys that were originally occupied by streams.

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valley glacier

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Enormous ice masses that flow in all directions and cover everything but the highest land.

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ice sheet

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The material deposited directly by a glacier as it melts and drops its load of rock debris.

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till

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Sediment laid down by glacial meltwater.

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Back

stratified drift

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When glaciers melt, they can leave layers or ridges of till.

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Back

moraine

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A cone of debris left when a desert stream flows out of a canyon, loses speed, or quickly dumps its sediment.

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alluvial fan

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