Glaciers, Desert, and Wind Erosion

A glacier is a thick mass of _____ that covers a large area of land.

• Water

• Ice

• Earth

• Grass

Glaciers move very...

• Fast

• Slow

• Medium

• Sideways

The diagram below shows a glacial landscape feature forming over time from a melting block of ice. This glacial landscape feature is best identified as

• kettle lake

• outwash plain

• finger lake

• moraine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____ is the unsorted material that is deposited directly by ice.

• Outwash
• Till
• Erratic
• Esker

What letter of the alphabet does a glacial valley most closely resemble?

• U
• V
• W
• X

_____ is rock debris embedded in base of ice create polishing, grooves and striations.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock debris.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ is one type of glacier.

• Mountain
• Ocean
• Continental
• Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.

• drumlin
• esker
• moraine
• erratic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ is one of the two types of glaciers.

• Valley
• Mountain
• Plain
• Ocean