WorksheetsGlaciers
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
A gigantic mass of moving ice
glacial drift
stratified drift
till
glacier
What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?
alpine
continental
till
moraine
unsorted rock material (large and small rocks) deposited directly by a glacier as it melts
glacial drift
stratified drift
till
glacier
What are jagged ridges that form on mountains called?
U0shaped valleys
cirques
aretes
horns
A _____ is a glacially carved valley flooded by the sea. This is mentioned in the movie frozen!
volcano
moraine
out-wash bason
fjiord
A _____ are depressions formed as stranded ice blocks melt in till.
erratics
eskers
kettles
drumlin
The photograph shows scratched and grooved
bedrock with boulders on its surface. The scratches and grooves were most likely created when
alternating thawing and freezing of water cracked the bedrock
flooding from a nearby lake covered the bedrock
a glacier dragged rocks over the bedrock
rocks from a landslide slid along the bedrock
Which landscape feature was most likely formed by glacial activity?
an eroded plateau
a flat floodplain
a U-shaped valley
a V-shaped valley
Base your answer to the following question on the diagram which represents a profile of a mountain glacier in the northern United States. Over a period of years, this glacier gains more snow mass than it loses. What will be the most likely result of this gain?
The glacier will decrease in size, and the ice front will retreat.
The glacier will decrease in size, and the ice front will advance.
The glacier will increase in size, and the ice front will retreat.
The glacier will increase in size, and the ice front will advance.
The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?
What is plucking?
When rocks become frozen into the glacier and are 'plucked' out when the glacier moves
When rocks scrape the bottom of the corrie
When cracks in rocks fill with water and freeze when it is colder
A sharp, pyramid shaped peak formed by glacial erosion
Horn
Arete
Cirque
Erratic
When a glacier is experiencing more melting than snow accumulation it is said to be in a period of _____.
glacial drift
shrinking glacier
growing glacier
glacial outburst
Identify the landform in the picture created by a glacier.
arete
cirque
kettle lake
moraine
_____ the process in which a glacier scrapes underlying rock. The sediments and rocks frozen in the ice at the bottom and sides of a glacier act like sandpaper. They wear away rock..
Plucking
Abrasion
Weathering
Erosion
