Glacier Quiz

There ere two kinds of glaciers.

• True

• False

which type of moraine forms along each side of a glacier?

• medial moraine

• lateral moraine

• ground moraine

• terminal moraine

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Straitions
• Till

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines
• Fjords

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The cross sections show a three-stage sequence in the development of a glacial feature. Which glacial feature has formed by the end of stage 3?

• kettle lake

• finger lake

• drumlin

• parallel scratches

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

On the map, what is represented by the dark line that cuts across most of North America?

• terminal moraine

• lateral moraine

• glacial striations

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of glacier forms over large, flat, land masses and is shaped like a dome?

• an iceburg
• a crevasse
• a continental glacier
• an alpine glacier

What part of the Earth do most glaciers occupy?

• Antarctica & Greenland

• Africa

• Asia

• South America

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The biggest threat to glacier health is

• earthquakes

• avalanches

• arctic animals

• global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5