Glaciers

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

A gigantic mass of moving ice

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

• alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are sharp pyramid shaped peaks formed by alpine glaciers called?

• U-shaped valleys

• cirques

• aretes

• horns

All material carried and deposited by glaciers

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?

• U0shaped valleys

• cirques

• aretes

• horns

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a glacial deposit that is sorted into layers based on the size of the rock material

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

which type of moraine forms along each side of a glacier?

• medial moraine

• lateral moraine

• ground moraine

• terminal moraine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which type of glacier forms from unsorted materials left beneath a glacier?

• medial moraine

• lateral noraine

• ground moraine

• terminal moraine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2