Quiz #9 - Streams and glaciers

Which force is primarily responsible for the movement of a glacier?

• ground water

• running water

• gravity

• wind

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The image shows a feature that was moved by a glacier long ago. What is the geologic term for the feature shown in the image?

• drainage pattern

• striation

• meander

• erratic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Glaciers can be defined as..

• fast moving liquid water flowing in a channel

• a feature formed at a subduction zone

• the windward side of a mountain

• a slowly moving river of ice

The image below shows a feature that was created by a moving glacier long ago. What is the geologic term for the feature shown in the image?

• drainage pattern

• striation

• meander

• erratic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What part of the glacier moves the fastest?

• Glaciers flow the fastest in the middle and top of the glacier

• Glaciers flow the fastest on the outer sides of the glacier

• Glaciers flow the same speed on all parts of the glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

An ice core, like those drilled in Greenland, can show us...

• evidence of past climate many thousands of years ago

• nothing at all, they just look cool

• that we can drill into the ice and not break the drill bit

• how polar bears lived 92,000 years ago

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The image shows a feature that was developed on the landscape by flowing water. What is the geologic term for the feature shown in the image?

• drainage pattern

• striation

• meander

• erratic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The image shows a feature that was developed on the landscape by flowing water. What is the geologic term for the feature marked by the yellow arrows in the image?

• drainage pattern

• striation

• meander

• erratic

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is one factor that DOES NOT affect the velocity of a stream?

• striations

• discharge

• gradient

• channel shape

What is NOT an example of a type of precipitation?

• hail

• snow

• meander

• rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4