Glaciers

Glaciers

8th Grade

13 Qs

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Glaciers

Glaciers

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-1

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Standards-aligned

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Emily Russ

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

alpine

continental

till

moraine

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

Alpine

continental

till

moraine

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

glacial drift

stratified drift

till

glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

medial moraine

lateral moraine

ground moraine

terminal moraine

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Glaciers form when _____.
less snow falls than melts 
more snow falls than melts 
less rain falls than freezes 
more rain falls than freezes 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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