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Glacier Quiz Review

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10th Grade

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Glacier Quiz Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a glacier is experiencing more melting than snow accumulation it is said to be in a period of _____.

glacial drift 
glacial retreat 
glacial advance 

glacial equilibrium 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Icebergs form when a glacier flows into a body of water and cracks apart. This process is known as _____.

drifting
cracking
calving
crevassing

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

unsorted rock material (large and small rocks) deposited directly by a glacier as it melts

glacial drift

stratified drift

till

glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?

U-shaped valleys

cirques

aretes

horns

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.

Till
Erratics
Moraines

Fiords

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A sharp, pyramid shaped peak formed by glacial erosion

Horn

Arete

Cirque

Erratic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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