WorksheetsVocab Target Study Guide Target 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Striations?
My middle name
A deep open crack, especially one in a glacier.
A series of ridges, furrows or linear marks
I have no idea
What causes an Arete to form?
It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys.
Rain
I could care less
When rocks are grow onto of each other and create a tall thin wall
What feature do you see a lot with hanging valleys?
Waterfalls
Snow
Big Boulders
Houses
What am I describing? A bowl-shaped depression on the side of or near mountains
Crevasse
Kettle
Kame
Cirque
A ____ results when glaciers erode three or more arêtes, usually forming a sharp-edged peak.
Horn
Tarn
Esker
Drumlin
What is a Tarn?
Tarns are rivers that are made to help stop flooding
Tarns are a type of bird
Tarns are lakes that form in glacially-carved cirques. They are often dammed by moraines.
How would I know?
What is pictured above?
O-Shaped Valley
C-Shaped Valley
V-Shaped Valley
U-Shaped Valley
Unsorted rock material deposited directly by a glacier.
Glacial drift
Stratified drift
Till
Glacier
Glaciers often form V shaped valleys
True
False
