Glaciers Earth Science

Which agent of erosion produces U-shaped valleys and polished bedrock?

• rivers

• glaciers

• wind

• oceans

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The terminal moraines that formed Long Island were deposited by __________.

• rivers

• wind

• ice

• oceans

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A tear-drop hill of unsorted glacial sediment is called a __________.

• drumlin

• kettle

• striation

• jetty

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A buried block of glacial ice can form a __________.

• drumlin

• kettle lake

• striation

• breakwater

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Which statement best describes the changes happening to this glacier between 1874 and 1882?

• The ice within the glacier is advancing, and the glacier front is retreating

• The ice within the glacier is advancing, and the glacier front is advancing

• The ice within the glacier is retreating, and the glacier front is retreating

• The ice within the glacier is retreating, and the glacier front is advancing

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A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.

• drumlin

• esker

• moraine

• erratic

What feature is labeled A in Figure 7-1?

• kame

• esker

• drumlin

• end moraine

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What are the shapes of the valleys that remain behind after the ice melts?

• U-Shape Valley

• V-shape Valley

• Slot Canyon Valley

• Gorge

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_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock

• Plucking

• Abrasion

• Striations

• Till

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_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.

• Till

• Erratics

• Moraines

• Fjords

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