EAS Alpine Glaciers

Where are ALPINE GLACIERS formed?

• In mountains

• On ice sheets

• At the coast

• Over the oceans

How do most ALPINE GLACIERS act?

• Rivers of ice moving in wide valleys

• Sheets of ice flattening the land

• Layers of ice covering the oceans

• Chunks of ice floating in the oceans

ALPINE GLACIERS erode mountainous regions, then melt.

What are the shapes of the valleys that remain behind after the ice melts?

• U-Shape Valley

• V-shape Valley

• Slot Canyon Valley

• Gorge

ALPINE GLACIERS erode mountainous regions, then melt.

What are the shapes of the valleys that remain behind after the ice melts?

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Look at the picture. Which feature is A?

• Medial Moraine

• Lateral Moraine

• Terminal Moraine

• Recessional Moraine

Look at the picture. Which feature is B?

• Medial Moraine

• Lateral Moraine

• Terminal Moraine

• Recessional Moraine

Look at the picture. Which feature is C?

• Cirque glacier

• Valley glacier

• Continental glacier

• Piedmont glacier

Look at the picture. Which feature is D?

• Cirque glacier

• Valley glacier

• Continental glacier

• Piedmont glacier

Two smaller tributary valley glaciers come together into a larger valley.

What is the layer of till and rocky sediment that forms between the two side-by-side valley glaciers?

• Medial moraine

• Lateral moraine

• Ground moraine

• Outwash

A valley glacier moves down slope through the valley. The valley glacier scrapes along and erodes the rocky sides of the valley.

What is the layer of till and rocky sediment that forms along the edges of the valley glacier because of the glacier's erosion of the sides of the valley?

• Medial moraine

• Lateral moraine

• Ground moraine

• Outwash