Chapter 4 Glaciers

What are glaciers?

• A dry and cold place with no inhabitants

• A deep frozen ground which thaws during summer

• Large masses of ice that flows

• Ice that forms when an ocean freezes over

Which of the following are true about glaciers?

• Glaciers flow under the pressure of its own weight

• Glaciers depend on rain

• Glaciers can be found in every continent except Oceania

• Glaciers on mountain are called as ice sheets

What is this glacial landform called as?

• Snow

• Ice Sheet

• Mountain Glacier

• Crevasse

Glaciers went through three processes:

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Respiration

• Transportation

A glacier is like a big bulldozer. What does it mean?

What makes plucking easier?

• Freeze-thaw weathering

• Striations

• Abrasion

• Melting

Mixture in which it was deposited when ice melts is called as

• glacier

• glacial till

• glaciation

• meltwater

What is the name of this glacial landform?

• Crevasse

• Pyramidal Peak

• Arete

• Corrie

When two corries form side by side, it will leave a sharp ridge of rock called...

• Moraine

• Arete

• Pyramidal Peak

• Snowball

Which of the following glacial landforms are shaped by erosion?

• U-shape valley

• Ribbon lakes

• Erratics

• Waterfall