Mass Movements Wind and Glaciers

Base your answer to the following question on the diagram which represents a profile of a mountain glacier in the northern United States. Over a period of years, this glacier gains more snow mass than it loses. What will be the most likely result of this gain?

• The glacier will decrease in size, and the ice front will retreat.

• The glacier will decrease in size, and the ice front will advance.

• The glacier will increase in size, and the ice front will retreat.

• The glacier will increase in size, and the ice front will advance.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The cross section below represents the transport of sediments by a glacier. At which location is deposition most likely the dominant process?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The elongated hills labeled R are most useful in determining the

• age of the glacier

• direction of movement of the glacier

• size of the glacier

• velocity of the glacier

Scratches and grooves in rocks from glacial movements are known as ____.

• Alpine Glaciers

• Ice Sheets

• Striations 

• Talus 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which of the following is not an agent of erosion?

• Gravity (mass movements)

• wind

• fire

• glaciers

• running water/waves

Which is NOT TRUE about gravity, wind, water and glacial deposition?

• Wind deposits are sorted and layered.

• Streams deposit sediment when the velocity of the stream decreases.

• Glaciers deposit sediment along the ice front as the glacier freezes.

• Beaches are deposited sand along shorelines.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of erosion created the features in this image?

• Wind

• Water

• Glacial

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of mass movement created the bend in this tree trunk?

• Landslide

• Slump

• Creep

• Mudflow

What is the primary force driving mass movements?

• Gravity

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Which of the following landforms is primarily created by wind erosion?

• Cirques

• Dunes

• Moraines

• Drumlins