Glacial Processes

Plucking is

• Erosion

• Weathering

Freeze-thaw weathering creates

• Shingle

• Scree

• Pebbles

Abrasion is...

• Erosion

• Weathering

What is the name of material deposited by the glacier?

Material carried inside the ice is called:

• subglacial

• englacial

• supraglacial

Material carried at the base of the glacier is called:

• subglacial

• englacial

• supraglacial

Material carried on top of the glacier is called:

• subglacial

• englacial

• supraglacial

When a glacier deposits till it forms

• mounds

• mountains

• moraines

• mohawks

Glacial till is unsorted material (lots of different sized pieces)

• True

• False

Outwash material is more rounded due to...

• attrition

• abrasion

• hydraulic action

• plucking