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Glaciers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A glacier is a moving mass of ice and snow on land.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The only continent to not have a glacier is _____________.

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

3.

What percent of the Earth is covered by glaciers?

a)

2

b)

5

c)

10

d)

20

4.

What are mounds of rock, pebble, sand and mud formed by a glacier called?

a)

icebergs

b)

moraines

c)

calving

d)

crevasse

5.

What are huge chunks of ice from a glacier that float off to sea called?

a)

icebergs

b)

moraines

c)

calving

d)

crevasse

6.

What is it called when huge chunks of ice break off a glacier or ice cap and become an iceberg?

a)

icebergs

b)

moraines

c)

calving

d)

crevasse

7.

What is a a deep crack in the top surface of a glacier called?

a)

icebergs

b)

moraines

c)

calving

d)

crevasse

8.

Glaciers on three sides of a mountain form a pyramid shape called a ___________.

a)

continental glacier

b)

valley glacier

c)

horn

d)

ice core

9.

These glaciers are located in high mountain elevations.

a)

continental glacier

b)

valley glacier

c)

horn

d)

ice core

10.

These glaciers are located on land near the poles.

a)

continental glacier

b)

valley glacier

c)

horn

d)

ice core

11.

A sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier.

a)

continental glacier

b)

valley glacier

c)

horn

d)

ice core

12.

Glaciers usually form overnight.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Ice sheets in Antarctica are up to ________ thick.

a)

10 feet

b)

4 inches

c)

2 miles

d)

200 feet

14.

The calculation of the difference between the amount of mass a glacier gained and the amount it lost over a certain period of time is called global warming.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Gravity causes glaciers to move.

a)

True

b)

False