Surface Processes Review

While hiking in a region known for its glacial history, you come across an elongated hill composed of mixed glacial deposits. This feature is known as a...

• kettle lake

• moraine

• sand dune

• drumlin

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🧊✨ Imagine you're part of a scientific team on a field study, observing the dynamic processes through which glaciers shape the Earth's surface. This series of captivating pictures captures the formation of which awe-inspiring glacial feature?

• Moraine

• Kettle Lake

• Drumlin

• Esker

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While observing a landscape after a glacier has retreated, what is a major difference you would note between the materials deposited directly by the glacier (glacial till) and those deposited by meltwater (outwash)?

• Glacial till is unsorted and unlayered, outwash is sorted and layered

• Glacial till is sorted and unlayered, outwash is unsorted and layered

• Glacial till is unsorted and layered, outwash is sorted and unlayered

• Glacial till is sorted and layered, outwash is unsorted and unlayered

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As a geologist studying the last Ice Age, you're analyzing the landscape and come across a series of smooth, elongated hills known as drumlins. These formations indicate the presence of a massive glacier in the past. Based on the orientation of these drumlins, can you infer the direction in which the glacier was moving?

• From east to west

• From south to north

• From west to east

• From north to south

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What is the name for this large glacial boulder that does not match the surrounding sediments?

• A drumlin

• An erratic

• A moraine

• A kettle lake

Which cross-section best represents the valley shape where a rapidly flowing stream is cutting into the bedrock in a mountainous area?

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Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?

• blowing wind

• ocean waves

• moving ice

• running water

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Which particle of quartz shows evidence of being transported the farthest distance by a stream?

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Unsorted, angular, rough-surfaced cobbles and boulders are found at the base of a cliff. What most likely transported these cobbles and boulders?

• running water

• wind

• gravity

• ocean currents

Which rock layer appears to be most resistant to weathering and erosion?

• Lockport dolostone

• Rochester shale

• Grimsby sandstone

• Queenston shale