Glaciers - Dynamic Planet

Till deposited in the front of a glacier

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

This force causes the movement of glaciers

• pressure
• ice age
• gravity
• firn

An alpine/valley glacier generally forms in mountainous areas

• true
• false

Alpine/Valley glaciers generally carve sharp, rugged features

• true
• false

Continental glaciers...

• cover millions of square miles
• do not cover an entire land mass
• carve out cirques and arretes
• are responsible for U-shaped valleys

What is a bowl-shaped depression formed by glacial erosion?

• cirque
• arrete
• ice pack
• kettle

A sharp, jagged ridge formed by a glacier is called a(n)...

• arrete
• cirque
• erratic
• drumlin

What feature forms when a glacier reaches the ocean and a portion breaks off through a process called calving?

• an iceberg
• a marine glacier
• an alpine glacier
• an ice sheet

a sharp, pyramid shaped peak formed by glacial erosion

• horn
• arete
• moraine
• kettle

What is an enormous mass of ice moving over land?

• glacier
• iceberg
• ice wedging
• dune