Week 5 - Glaciers, Glacial Landforms, & Tundra

As growing is to the zone of accumulation, shrinking is to what?

• Zone of Vaporization

• Zone of Shrinkage

• Zone of ablation

• Recessional Zone

What is another term for an alpine glacier?

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The Fedchenko Glacier, the longest glacier in the world outside of the Polar regions, is found in what country with Karakul Lake?

• Kyrgyzstan

• Uzbekistan

• Afghanistan

• Tajikistan

What is the best description of plucking?

• The breaking of rocks due to a cycle of melting and freezing water

• When a rock slides shown the surface of a glacier

• The process of glaciers moving rocks and debris on the ground beneath it

• Glaciers plucking chunks of rock out of the ground beneath it

Many fjords can be found along the western coastline of what large Canadian province?

• British Columbia

• Quebec

• New Brunswick

• Nova Scotia

What is the best definition of till?

• A small lake formed at the beginning of a glacier

• The unstratified material carried by a glacier

• The rocks moved along the bottom of a glacier

• Rocks and boulders that are scattered by glaciers

What is a key difference between a tarn and a kettle lake?

• Kettle lakes are formed by chunks of ice left in the ground while tarns are tiny depressions that are filled with water

• Kettle lakes are formed slowly, tarns form rapidly

• Tarns are formed by chunks of ice left in the ground, kettle lakes are tiny depressions that are filled with water

• Tarns are formed slowly, kettle lakes form rapidly

You would most likely find a tundra in which of these places? (two right answers)

• Lapland

• Saxony

• Serbia

• Siberia

The Harding Icefield can be found in what American state with the Brooks Range?

• Oregon

• Maine

• Alaska

• Washington

What mountain, located in the northern part of Tanzania, is home to a shrinking glacier?

• Ras Dejen

• Emba Soira

• Mt. Stanley

• Kilmanjaro