Glaciers

Which agent of erosion is mainly responsible for the formation of the depressions occupied by both the kettle lakes and finger lakes found in New York State?

• wind

• waves

• streams

• glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which landscape feature was most likely formed by glacial activity?

• an eroded plateau

• a flat floodplain

• a U-shaped valley

• a V-shaped valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Base your answer on the diagram which represents a profile of a mountain glacier in the northern United States. The downhill movement of mountain glaciers such as the one shown in the diagram is primarily caused by

• evaporation of ice directly from the glacier

• snow blowing across the top of the glacier

• the force of gravity pulling on the glacier

• water flowing over the glacier

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

• sorted and layered

• sorted and not layered

• unsorted and layered

• unsorted and not layered

Base your answer on the diagram below, which shows the edge of a continental glacier that is receding. R indicates elongated hills. The ridge of sediments from X to Yrepresents a landscape feature.

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

• drumlin

• moraine

• kettle lake

• finger lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An elongated hill that is composed of unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier is called

• a delta

• a drumlin

• a sand dune

• an outwash plain

The diagram below represents a side view of a hill (drumlin) that was deposited by a glacier on the Atlantic coast. This hill is most likely composed of

• cemented sediments

• unsorted sediments

• vertically layered sediments

• horizontally layered sediments

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The sediment deposited by the valley glacier at position X is best described as

• sorted according to particle size

• unsorted

• sorted according to particle density

• sorted according to particle texture

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram below shows a portion of a stream. The sand bar formed as a direct result of 

• erosion due to a decrease in stream velocity 
• erosion due to an increase in stream velocity
• deposition due to a decrease in stream velocity
• deposition due to an increase in stream velocity 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The map below represents a river as it enters a lake. 
At which locations is the amount of deposition greater than the amount of erosion?

• A,C and E
• B, D and F
• B, C, and F
• A, D and E

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