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WorksheetsWeek 6 Glaciers
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A gigantic mass of moving ice
a)
glacial drift
b)
stratified drift
c)
till
d)
glacier
2.
unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts
a)
glacial drift
b)
stratified drift
c)
till
d)
glacier
3.
What are sharp pyramid shaped peaks formed by alpine glaciers called?
a)
U-shaped valleys
b)
cirques
c)
aretes
d)
horns
4.
All material carried and deposited by glaciers
a)
glacial drift
b)
stratified drift
c)
till
d)
glacier
5.
What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?
a)
U0shaped valleys
b)
cirques
c)
aretes
d)
horns
6.
a glacial deposit that is sorted into layers based on the size of the rock material
a)
glacial drift
b)
stratified drift
c)
till
d)
glacier
7.
which type of moraine forms along each side of a glacier?
a)
medial moraine
b)
lateral moraine
c)
ground moraine
d)
terminal moraine
8.
Glaciers form when _____.
a)
less snow falls than melts
b)
more snow falls than melts
c)
less rain falls than freezes
d)
more rain falls than freezes
9.
When a glacier is experiencing more melting than snow accumulation it is said to be in a period of _____.
a)
glacial drift
b)
glacial retreat
c)
glacial advance
d)
o glacial outburst
10.
All of the following were formed by glaciers EXCEPT _____.
a)
Long Island
b)
Niagra Falls
c)
Great Lakes
d)
Grand Canyon
11.
What letter of the alphabet does a glacial valley most closely resemble?
a)
U
b)
V
c)
W
d)
X
12.
Icebergs form when a glacier flows into a body of water and cracks apart. This process is known as _____.
a)
drifting
b)
cracking
c)
calving
d)
crevassing
13.
_____ is rock debris embedded in base of ice create polishing, grooves and striations.
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
14.
_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock debris.
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Weathering
d)
Erosion
15.
_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock
a)
Plucking
b)
Abrasion
c)
Straitions
d)
Till
16.
_____ is one of the two types of glaciers.
a)
Valley
b)
Mountain
c)
Plain
d)
Ocean
17.
A _____ glacier carves a V-shaped valley into a U-shaped valley.
a)
Valley
b)
Continental
c)
Mountain
d)
Plain
18.
A _____ is a glacially carved valley flooded by the sea.
a)
volcano
b)
moraine
c)
out-wash bason
d)
fjiord
19.
_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.
a)
Till
b)
Erratics
c)
Moraines
d)
Fjords
20.
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
21.
A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.
a)
drumlin
b)
esker
c)
moraine
d)
erratic
22.
A _____ are depressions formed as stranded ice blocks melt in outwash.
a)
erratics
b)
eskers
c)
kettles
d)
drumlin
23.
What is a bowl-shaped depression formed by glacial erosion?
a)
cirque
b)
arrete
c)
ice pack
d)
kettle
24.
This force causes the movement of glaciers
a)
pressure
b)
ice age
c)
gravity
d)
firn
25.
___________glaciers are growing, while __________ glaciers are shrinking.
a)
Retreating, advancing
b)
Advancing, retreating
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