Glaciers - HW1

What are slow moving rivers of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

• Glaciers

• Morraine

• Till

• Valleys

What is the process of glacier formation called?

• Glaciation

• Coldification

• Iceification

• Freezing

What are the key factors that contribute to glacier formation?

• Moderate temperatures, moderate snowfall, consistent melting

• High temperatures, low snowfall, extensive melting

• Extreme temperatures, no snowfall, constant melting

• Low temperatures, high snowfall, minimal melting

Which type of glacier forms in mountainous regions?

• Continental

• Alpine

What is the term for the slow movement of glaciers down a slope?

• glacial drift

• glacial flow

• frost slide

• ice creep

Greenland and Antarctica are examples of

• Continental Ice Sheets

• Mountain glacier

Rivers of ice can also be called glaciers.

• Yes

• No

Which type of glacier forms in flat, larger areas?

• Ice caps

• Ice sheets

• Alpine glaciers

• Tidewater glaciers

Ice is frozen water - Do you think that glaciers are a part of the water cycle?

• Yes

• No

• I do not know

Glaciers are found in places with lower altitudes which have warmer temperatures.

• True

• False