Mongol Geography

What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?

• Alpine

• Continental

• Till

• Moraine

A glacier is __________

• series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents 

• series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another 

• large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement 

• large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface 

A _____ is a mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over the land.

• Moraine

• Till

• U shaped Valley

• Glacier

Where is the world's largest desert?

• Antarctica

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Arctic

A sharp peak formed by glacial erosion

• Erratic

• Horn

• Cirque

• Arete

What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?

• Alpine

• Continental

• Till

• Moraine

Glaciers form when _____.

• less snow falls than melts 

• more snow falls than melts 

• more rain falls than freezes 

• less rain falls than freezes 

What type of glacier forms over large, flat, land masses and is shaped like a dome?

• an alpine glacier

• a crevasse

• an iceberg

• a continental glacier

Icebergs are dangerous because they

• have grown smaller over time

• have sunk many ships

• form in warm and cold waters

Icebergs form when

• snow rolls down a mountain

• chunks of ice break off from glaciers

• ice melts