glaciers

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

All material carried and deposited by glaciers

• 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

_____ is rock debris embedded in base of ice create polishing, grooves and striations.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock debris.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.

• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines
• Fjords

A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.

• drumlin
• esker
• moraine
• erratic

Which landscape feature was most likely formed by glacial activity?

• an eroded plateau

• a flat floodplain

• a U-shaped valley

• a V-shaped valley

As a glacier moves, it erodes the land. How many different ways can it do this?

• 1
• 2
• 3

What percent of land area on Earth is covered with glacial ice?

• 15%
• 10%
• 70%
• 3%