Quiz about Glaciers

Question 1

A _____ is a mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over the land.

Accepted Answer

glacier

Answer

moraine

Answer

till

Answer

u-shaped valley

Question 2

_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock picked up by the glacier

Accepted Answer

Plucking

Answer

Abrasion

Answer

Weathering

Answer

Erosion

Question 3

_____ is the material that is deposited by the melting glacier.

Accepted Answer

till

Answer

kettles

Answer

cirque

Answer

horn

Question 4

_____ are piles of till deposited at the bottom of glaciers.

Accepted Answer

end moraine

Answer

cirque

Answer

lateral moraine

Answer

erratics

Question 5

What landform is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

Arete

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Erratic

Answer

Till

Question 6

_____ are depressions that were formed when pieces of glacier ice melted.

Accepted Answer

Kettles

Answer

Erratic

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Aretes

Question 7

What is the arrow pointing to in the image?

Accepted Answer

Esker

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Erratic

Answer

Kettle

Question 8

What landform is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

Cirque

Answer

Horn

Answer

Erratic

Answer

Kettle

Question 9

A sharp, pyramid shaped peak formed by glacial erosion

Accepted Answer

Horn

Answer

Arete

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Erratic

Question 10

This is an example of a ____________.

Accepted Answer

U-shaped valley

Answer

V-shaped river valley

Answer

continental glacier

Answer

cirque

Question 11

Glaciers often form V-shaped valleys

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 12

A valley glacier generally forms in mountainous areas

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 13

What glacial feature is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

Hanging Valley

Answer

Horn

Answer

Continental glacier

Answer

V-shaped river valley

Question 14

Ms. D is standing on top of a _________

Accepted Answer

Lateral Moraine

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Arete

Answer

Kettle Lake

Question 15

Ms. D is staring up at a

Accepted Answer

Valley Glacier

Answer

Continental Glacier

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V-shaped River Valley

Answer

None of the above

Question 16

Why is the glacier so dirty?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

The glacier picks up rocks and transports it to the top of the glacier.

Answer

Rocky debris fall off the steep sides of the mountains and accumulate on the top of the glaciers.

Answer

The glacier carries debris as it moves and small sediment like sand is blown via wind to the top of the glacier.

Question 17

______ is a smooth hill composed of till.

Accepted Answer

Drumlin

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Esker

Answer

Erratic

Question 18

A sharp, jagged ridge on the edge of a cirque formed by a glacier erosion is called a(n)...

Accepted Answer

Arete

Answer

Cirque

Answer

Horn

Answer

Lateral Moraine

Question 19

The image shows a...

Accepted Answer

continental glacier

Answer

valley glacier

Question 20

A _____ glacier carves a U-shaped valley into a V-shaped valley.

Accepted Answer

Valley

Answer

Continental

Answer

River

Answer

Plain

Glaciers

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