Glaciers

Multiple Choice

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

Multiple Choice

A gigantic mass of moving ice

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

Multiple Choice

What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

• alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

Multiple Choice

unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

Multiple Choice

_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Straitions
• Till

Multiple Choice

Glaciers form when _____.

• less snow falls than melts 
• more snow falls than melts 
• less rain falls than freezes 
• more rain falls than freezes 

Multiple Choice

_____ the process in which a glacier scrapes underlying rock. The sediments and rocks frozen in the ice at the bottom and sides of a glacier act like sandpaper. They wear away rock..

• Plucking

• Abrasion

• Weathering

• Erosion

Multiple Choice

What is an ice age?

• An Ice Age is a period of time of high temperatures, with glaciers expanding from the poles of the planet that can last for millions of years.

• An Ice Age is a period of time of low temperatures, with ski resorts expanding from the poles of the planet that can last for millions of years.

• An Ice Age is a period of time of low temperatures, with glaciers and ice sheets expanding from the poles of the planet that can last for millions of years.

• An Ice Age is a period of time of low temperatures, with glaciers and ice sheets expanding from the poles of the planet that can last for a few years.