Quiz - Glaciers

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

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

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

What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?

• U-shaped valleys

• cirques

• aretes

• horns

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

Which type of glacial landform forms from unsorted materials left behind when a glacier retreats?

• kettle

• esker

• ground moraine

• drumlin

A glacier is __________

• series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another

• series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents

• a large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface

• large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement