Glaciers

What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

• alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

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

• U-shaped valleys

• cirques

• aretes

• horns

What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?

• U0shaped valleys

• cirques

• aretes

• horns

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

Name two kinds of glaciers

• Continental Glaciers and valley glaciers

• Eroson Glaciers

• Mud slide

The two processes by which glacier erode the land are ____________ and _______________

• till and plucking

• plucking and abrasion

This process is called abrasion, gouges, and scratches the bedrock

• Flase

• True

The till deposited at the edge of a glacier forms a rige called a _______________

• moraine

• drumline

• horn

• ice age

Kettle

• small depression formed by a chunk of ice when it melts

• ridges formed at the edge of a glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Till deposited in the front of a glacier

• ground moraine
• lateral moraine
• terminal moraine
• medial moraine