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WorksheetsGlaciers
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Till deposited in the front of a glacier
a)
ground moraine
b)
lateral moraine
c)
terminal moraine
d)
medial moraine
2.
This force causes the movement of glaciers
a)
pressure
b)
ice age
c)
gravity
d)
firn
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
Poorly graded (unsorted) rock material deposited directly by a glacier.
a)
glacial drift
b)
stratified drift
c)
till
d)
glacier
7.
Glaciers often form V shaped valleys
a)
true
b)
false
8.
Friction causes the sides of a valley glacier to move more slowly than the center
a)
true
b)
false
9.
The deposit at the furthest point the glacier ever gets.
a)
moraine
b)
ground moraine
c)
recessional moraine
d)
terminal moraine
10.
Glaciers only form near Earth’s poles.
a)
True
b)
False
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