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WorksheetsThe Great Wisconsin Glacier
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What glacial features are indicated by the labels C and D on the figure?
a)
moraines
b)
outwash plains
c)
kettle lakes
d)
ice sheets
2.
When a glacier retreats and large, partially buried, ice chunks are left behind to melt, these are formed:
a)
Moraine
b)
Prairie pothole
c)
Kettle Lake
d)
Fjord
3.
Glacial erosion causes ______ as it moves across the land?
a)
plucking and striations
b)
beaches and sand bars
c)
sea caves and headlands
d)
sand dunes and losses
4.
___________glaciers are growing, while __________ glaciers are shrinking.
a)
Retreating, advancing
b)
Advancing, retreating
5.
_____ is the unsorted material that is deposited directly by ice.
a)
Outwash
b)
Till
c)
Erratic
d)
Esker
6.
_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.
a)
Till
b)
Erratics
c)
Moraines
d)
Fjords
7.
A _____ is a meandering narrow ridge formed when water, flowing in a tunnel underneath a melting glacier, deposited sediment
a)
erratic
b)
moraine
c)
esker
d)
fjords
8.
A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.
a)
drumlin
b)
esker
c)
moraine
d)
erratic
9.
Which is not one of the Milankovitch cycles?
a)
Sun spot
b)
Eccentricity
c)
Tilt
d)
Precession
10.
A ridge of unsorted sediment formed by glacial deposition off the end or sides of a glacier.
a)
moraine
b)
kettle
c)
erratic
d)
horn
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