Glaciers

What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

• alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• continental

• till

• moraine

unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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which type of moraine forms along each side of a glacier?

• medial moraine

• lateral moraine

• ground moraine

• terminal moraine

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Glaciers form when _____.

• less snow falls than melts 
• more snow falls than melts 
• less rain falls than freezes 
• more rain falls than freezes 

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When a glacier is experiencing more melting than snow accumulation it is said to be in a period of _____.

• glacial drift 
• glacial retreat 
• glacial advance 
• o  glacial outburst 

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

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

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_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Straitions
• Till

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

• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines
• Fjords

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The cross sections show a three-stage sequence in the development of a glacial feature. Which glacial feature has formed by the end of stage 3?

• kettle lake

• finger lake

• drumlin

• parallel scratches

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