Glaciers Vocabulary and Landforms

Front

What forms when an ice chunk breaks off of a glacier on land and melts?

Back

Kettles

Front

What is the term for glacier movement of ice crystals moving over each other and spreading outward?

Back

Plastic Flow

Front

What is the process of re-freezing at the base of a glacier, pulling and carrying a rock away?

Back

Plucking

Front

What is a moraine formed in the middle of two lobes of a continental glacier called?

Back

Medial Moraine

Front

What is the term for the build-up of snow over time?

Back

Accumulation

Front

What is the term for the process of melting and loss of ice from a glacier?

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Ablation

Front

What is the name of the landform created by the accumulation of debris at the edge of a glacier?

Back

Terminal Moraine

Front

What is the term for the movement of a glacier down a slope due to gravity?

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Glacial Flow

Front

What is the name of the valley formed by the erosion of a glacier?

Back

U-shaped Valley

Front

What is the term for the small lakes formed in depressions left by melting glaciers?

Back

Kettle Lakes