Glacial Deposition

What is deposited at the base of a glacier?

• Drumlin

• Esker

• Kame

• Moulin

What shape is a drumlin often described as?

• Circular

• Square

• Teardrop

• Rectangular

What marks the maximum advance of the glacier?

• Terminal moraine

• Esker

• Moraine dammed loch

• Moulin

What type of till is found within the terminal moraine?

• Sorted and rounded

• Smooth

• Layered

• Angular and unsorted

What forms when the terminal moraine traps melting glacier water?

• Moraine dammed loch

• Moulin

• Kame

• Esker

Which feature is formed by the deposition of sediments as a glacier melts?

• Esker

• Drumlin

• Kame

• Moraine

What is the term for a ridge of debris deposited along the sides of a glacier?

• Lateral moraine

• Terminal moraine

• Medial moraine

• Ground moraine

What type of landscape feature is typically formed by glacial erosion?

• U-shaped valley

• River delta

• Volcanic plateau

• Desert basin