Mass Movement and Glaciers

A glacier is __________

• series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another 
• series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents 
• o  large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface 
• large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement 

Glaciers form when _____.

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

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A gigantic mass of moving ice

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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Glaciers take over a 1000 years to form.

• True

• False

Giant Glaciers that covers huge areas are called....

• Ice sheets

• Sea Ice

Glaciers found on top of mountains are called...

• Land Glaciers

• Mountain Glaciers

What does erosion move?

• sediments
• water only
• only organic matter
• only inorganic matter

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The process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another

• Weathering
• Erosion
• deposition
• wind only

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_____________happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment.

• Weathering only
• erosion only 
• Deposition
• compaction only

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_________________happens when gravity moves sediment downhill.

• Weathering only
• Mass movement
• Erosion only
• Gravity

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