Landforms & Glaciation Review

This elongated hill made of unsorted glacial sediment is called a...

• kettle lake

• moraine

• sand dune

• drumlin

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This series of pictures shows the creation of which glacial feature?

• Moraine

• Kettle Lake

• Drumlin

• Esker

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What is a major difference between glacial till and outwash?

• Glacial till is unsorted and unlayered, outwash is sorted and layered

• Glacial till is sorted and unlayered, outwash is unsorted and layered

• Glacial till is unsorted and layered, outwash is sorted and unlayered

• Glacial till is sorted and layered, outwash is unsorted and unlayered

In which direction did the glacier that formed these drumlins move?

• From east to west

• From south to north

• From west to east

• From north to south

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What is the name for this large glacial boulder that does not match the surrounding sediments?

• A drumlin

• An erratic

• A moraine

• A kettle lake

What shape is the valley created by glacial erosion?

• U

• V

• N

• A

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Glaciers move due to?

• Gravity and climate

• Gravity and their own weight

• Climate and vegetation

• Vegetation and the weight of the glacier

How will the sediment deposited at location 1 differ from the sediment deposited at location 3?

• Location 1 will have unsorted sediment and Location 3 will have sorted sediment

• Both locations will have unsorted sediment

• Location 1 will have sorted sediment and Location 3 will have unsorted sediment

• Both locations will have sorted sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The elongated hills labeled R are most useful in determining the

• age of the glacier

• direction of movement of the glacier

• size of the glacier

• velocity of the glacier

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A glacier melts depositing piles of unsorted sediment called

• glacial till

• drumlin

• kettle lake

• outwash plain

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