GLACIERS, GLACIATION, SEA LEVEL RISE AND SEPs

Scientists predictions about the ________of weather is due to current global warming.

• rotation

• variability

• catastrophic

• trend

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Poorly graded (unsorted) rock material deposited directly by a glacier.

• glacial drift
• stratified drift
• till
• glacier

Till deposited in the front of a glacier

• ground moraine
• lateral moraine
• terminal moraine
• medial moraine

What is a bowl-shaped depression formed by glacial erosion?

• cirque
• arrete
• ice pack
• kettle

If the global warming __________ continues, the polar ice caps could melt

• variability

• catastrophic

• trend

• observation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Glaciers form when _____.

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

All of the following were formed by glaciers EXCEPT _____.

• Long Island
• Niagra Falls
• Great Lakes
• Grand Canyon

What part of the Earth do most glaciers occupy?

• Antarctica & Greenland

• Africa

• Asia

• South America

2. Where do glaciers form?

a. Near the South Pole

b. Near the North Pole

c. High in the mountains

d. All of the above

e. None of the Above

• a

• b

• c

• d

• e

Scientists today can use glacial ice to learn more about....

• dinosaurs
• climate change
• valleys
• reservoirs