Glaciers WED 1

A glacier confined to a mountain valley (a mountain glacier)

• alpine glacier

• continental glacier

• ice sheet

• Piedmont glacier

a glacier that covers a large area of land and may be miles thick.

• alpine glacier

• continental glacier

• glacier

• Piedmont glacier

a large mass of compacted ice that slides downhill, weathering and eroding material

• alpine glacier

• continental glacier

• glacier

• Piedmont glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a sharp, knife-like ridge created when glaciers carve down two sides of a mountain.

• arete

• horn

• fjord

• drumlin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a large rock that has been eroded by a glacier many miles from its origin; usually rounded.

• arete

• erratic

• fjord

• drumlin

A large valley carved by a glacier with sloped sides and u-shape at the bottom

• u-shaped valley

• hanging valley

• fjord

• drumlin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a large valley that is carved by a glacier, but flooded due to sea level change

• u-shaped valley

• hanging valley

• fjord

• drumlin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An elevated valley created when a smaller glacier met a larger, lower glacier

• u-shaped valley

• hanging valley

• fjord

• drumlin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a large ridge of unsorted rock that is deposited at the end of an advancing glacier

• moraine

• fjord

• till

• esker

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a sharp peak created when 3+ glaciers carve down the sides of a mountain

• horn

• arete

• moraine

• erratic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2