WorksheetsCh 17 Vocab
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a large mass of moving ice
a)
glacier
b)
kettle
c)
iceberg
d)
cirque
2.
a narrow, wedge-shaped mass of ice that forms in a mountainous region and that is confined to a small area by surrounding topography; examples include valley glaciers, cirque glaciers, and piedmont glaciers
a)
alpine glacier
b)
continental glacier
c)
basal slip
d)
crevasse
3.
A massive sheet of ice that may cover millions of square kilometers, that may be thousands of meters thick, and that is not confined by surrounding topography
a)
continental glacier
b)
alpine glacier
c)
basal slip
d)
crevasse
4.
the process that causes the ice at the base of a glacier to melt and the glacier to slide
a)
basal slip
b)
crevasse
c)
cirque
d)
arete
5.
the process by which glaciers flow slowly as grains of ice deform under pressure and slide over each other
a)
internal plastic flow
b)
arete
c)
glacial drift
d)
basal slip
6.
in a glacier, a large crack or fissure that results from ice movement
a)
crevasse
b)
cirque
c)
arete
d)
horn
7.
a deep and steep bowl-like depression produced by glacial erosion
a)
cirque
b)
arete
c)
horn
d)
erratic
8.
a sharp jagged ridge that forms between cirques
a)
arete
b)
horn
c)
erratic
d)
cirque
9.
a sharp, pyramid-like peak that forms because of the erosion of cirques
a)
arete
b)
horn
c)
erratic
d)
crevasse
10.
a large rock transported from a distant source by a glacier
a)
erratic
b)
glacial drift
c)
cirque
d)
arete
11.
rock material carried and deposited by glaciers
a)
glacial drift
b)
erratic
c)
till
d)
basal slip
12.
unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier
a)
till
b)
moraine
c)
kettle
d)
esker
13.
a landform that is made from unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier
a)
moraine
b)
till
c)
esker
d)
kettle
14.
a bowl-like depression in a glacial drift deposit
a)
kettle
b)
esker
c)
erratic
d)
till
15.
a long, winding ridge of gravel and coarse sand deposited by glacial meltwater streams
a)
esker
b)
kettle
c)
erratic
d)
ice age
16.
a long period of climatic cooling during which the continents are glaciated repeatedly
a)
ice age
b)
basal slip
c)
cooling period
d)
climate change
17.
the theory that cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit and in the tilt of Earth’s axis occur over thousands of years and cause climatic changes
a)
milankovitch theory
b)
ice age
c)
kettle
d)
continental glacier
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