Glaciers Vocabulary and Landforms

Glaciers Vocabulary and Landforms

7th - 8th Grade

28 Qs

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Glaciers Vocabulary and Landforms

Glaciers Vocabulary and Landforms

Assessment

Quiz

Science

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.7.5, RI.7.7, RI.8.5

+12

Standards-aligned

Created by

Scott Schneider

Used 61+ times

FREE Resource

28 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What are scratches or grooves worn into bedrock from abrasion at the bottom of a glacier.

Plucking

Striations

Till

Drift

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is glacial drift that is organized by size.

Sorted material

Unsorted material

Erratics

Erosion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

_______ is material that is carried away by wind, water, or ice.

Deposition

Weathering

Erosion

Excavation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

_____ is glacial drift taken away and dropped by meltwater in front of a glacier.

Till

Kame

Unsorted material

Outwash

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is sorted material deposited by glacial meltwater?

Till

Erratics

Stratified Drift

Erosion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

______ is when material is dropped by wind, water, or ice.

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Excavation

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

_____ is any material picked up (weathered), carried away (eroded), or dropped off (deposited) by a glacier.

Soil

Erratic

Plucking

Drift

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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