OneGeology Kids Glaciers

What are the two types of glaciers?

• Mountain and Ocean

• Alpine and Continental

• Till and Moraines

• Good and Bad

(Choose all that apply) Glaciers contain the following:

• Snow

• Ice

• Water

• Rocks

• Sediments

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(True or False) Alpine Glaciers are much larger than Continental Glaciers.

• True

• False

______ ______ form when glaciers meet the sea and begin to float.

• Ice shelves

• Ice calves

• Loess

• Till

________ at the bottom of the glacier helps it glide over the landscape.

Strong winds can blow fine sand and silt hundreds of kilometers from the front of the glacier. What is this sediment called?

• Till

• Moraines

• Weathering

• Loess

Piles and ridges of sediment deposited at the edges and front of glaciers are called ___________.

• Till

• Moraines

• Loess

• Continental Glaciers