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Glacial Erosion and Deposition

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Glaciers form...

a)

by build-up of ice over many years

b)

by pieces of ice breaking off of a Mountain

c)

by water freezing into a block of ice

d)

by it snowing really hard for days at a time

2.

Where are Alpine glaciers found?

a)

Below The Snow-line

b)

Frozen To Mountains

c)

In Mountain Valleys

d)

Near Kettle Lakes

3.

Plucking is rock and other pieces of rock being carved away by a glacier and then carried away by pieces of flowing ice.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Particles of rock that are deposited by a glacier is

a)

(an) Iceberg

b)

glacial till

c)

(a) moraine

5.

Which of the following is a Kettle Lake?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Abrasion is...

a)

the destruction of plant life due to a glacier

b)

another term for plucking

c)

when the glacier melts into carved out pieces of land and creates a lake

d)

boulders and rocks scraping away at lower rock like a file

7.

Glacial Striations are another name for glacial grooves

a)

False

b)

True