Glaciers

1. How do glaciers form?

a. From freezing rain

b. From frozen ocean water

c. From rivers that freeze up in the winter

d. From snow that doesn't melt even in the summer

e. None of the Above

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

2. Where do glaciers form?

a. Near the South Pole

b. Near the North Pole

c. High in the mountains

d. All of the above

e. None of the Above

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

3. True or False: It is a myth that glaciers move, but they are really big chunks of ice that can't move.

a. TRUE

b. FALSE

• a

• b

4. What type of glacier forms where the temperature is always below freezing?

a. Cirque

b. Temperate

c. Calving

d. Valley

e. Polar

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

5. What type of glacier ends in a body of water like an ocean or lake?

a. Cirque

b. Temperate

c. Calving

d. Valley

e. Polar

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

6. What type of glacier forms on the slopes of mountains?

a. Cirque

b. Temperate

c. Calving

d. Valley

e. Polar

• a

• b

• c

• d

7. What is the name of the area of the glacier where the snow falls and accumulates?

a. Ablation zone

b. Accumulation zone

c. Crevasses

d. Firn

e. Head

• a

• b

• c

• d

8. What do scientists call the snow layer that is between the new snow and the glacial ice?

a. Ablation zone

b. Accumulation zone

c. Crevasses

d. Firn

e. Head

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

9. What do scientists call a pointy shaped mountain peak that was formed by several glaciers?

a. Arete

b. Cirque

c. Horn

d. Drumlin

e. Moraine

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

10. What do scientists call an accumulation of material (rocks, sand, gravel) left behind by a glacier?

a. Arete

b. Cirque

c. Horn

d. Drumlin

e. Moraine

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e