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WorksheetsGlaciers
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 20mins
What type of glacier forms in a mountainous area?
alpine
continental
till
moraine
What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?
alpine
continental
till
moraine
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
The photograph shows a valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley's shape?
blowing wind
ocean waves
moving ice
running water
The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?
The diagram shows the edge of a continental glacier that is receding. R indicates elongated hills. The ridge of sediments from X to Y represents a landscape feature. The elongated hills labeled R are most useful in determining the
age of the glacier
direction the glacier has moved
thickness of the glacier
rate at which the glacier is melting
The cross sections show a three-stage sequence in the development of a glacial feature. Which glacial feature has formed by the end of stage 3?
kettle lake
finger lake
esker
kame
Till deposited in a moraine of a glacier is best described as
sorted according to particle size
sorted according to particle shape
sorted according to particle texture
unsorted
Where is the zone of accumulation found?
At the start of a glacier, in highland areas
In the middle of a glacier
At the end of a glacier, in lower altitudes
What glacial features are indicated by the labels C and D on the figure?
moraines
outwash plains
kames
drumlins
Poorly graded (unsorted) rock material deposited directly by a glacier is called
loess
stratified drift
till
outwash
What are jagged ridges formed by glacial erosion on mountains called?
hanging valleys
cirques
aretes
horns
_____ are parallel scratch marks on bedrock
Plucking
Abrasion
Striations
Till
A sharp, pyramid shaped peak formed by glacial erosion
Horn
Arete
Cirque
Erratic
