Glacier Erosion and Deposition

The photograph shows a valley created by a glacier. The result of this glacial action will be a

• U-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

• U-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock

• V-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock

• V-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

The diagram below shows a glacial landscape feature forming over time from a melting block of ice. This glacial landscape feature is best identified as

• a kettle lake

• an outwash plain

• a finger lake

• a moraine

The cross section below represents the transport of sediments by a glacier. At which location is deposition most likely the dominant process?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What will be the most probable arrangement of rock particles deposited directly by a glacier?

• unsorted and layered

• unsorted and not layered

• sorted and not layered

• sorted and layered

New York State's Finger Lakes exist today because

• a rise in sea level occurred, flooding the region

• a drop in sea level occurred, leaving the lakes

• V-shaped valleys are being eroded by streams

• U-shaped valleys were dammed by glacial sediments

The ridge of sediments from X to Y can best be described as

• sorted and deposited by ice

• sorted and deposited by melt water

• unsorted and deposited by ice

• unsorted and deposited by meltwater

Which feature will most likely form when the partially buried ice block melts?

• drumlin

• morraine

• kettle lake

• finger lake

The elongated hills labeled R are most useful in determining the

• age of the glacier

• direction of movement of the glacier

• size of the glacier

• velocity of the glacier