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Glacial Landforms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The glacial feature saw here ...

a)

Are moraines

b)

Is an erratic

c)

Is an esker

d)

Are kettle lakes

2.

The glacial feature seen here...

a)

is a lateral moraine.

b)

are striations.

c)

is a kame.

d)

are drumlins.

3.

The feature shows that a glacier has passed through this area, carving out the bottom of the valley.

a)

V-Shape Valley

b)

Narrow Valley

c)

U-Shaped Valley

d)

Arete

4.

The glacial feature see here...

a)

is an esker

b)

is a kame.

c)

is a cirque

d)

is a moraine

5.

Here is a...

a)

esker

b)

drumlin

c)

kame

d)

kettle lake

6.

The long winding hill here is a...

a)

striation

b)

kame

c)

drumlin

d)

esker

7.

The large area in front of this glacier is called ...

a)

the tidal zone.

b)

ground moraine.

c)

the outwash plain.

d)

a drumlin field.

8.

This guy is standing on a ridge of till that was found at the foot of a melting glacier. This is...

a)

Ground Moraine.

b)

A Field Moraine.

c)

A Terminal Moraine.

d)

A Boundary Moraine.

9.

This is a picture of ...

a)

a kettle lake.

b)

a hanging valley.

c)

an outwash plain.

d)

a glacial wall.

10.

This glacial feature reveals the direction of the ancient glacier that passes through this area. This is ...

a)

A lateral moraine.

b)

An esker.

c)

A striation.

d)

A Drumlin.

11.

The dark line of glacial till in this glacier will become....

a)

An esker.

b)

A medial moraine.

c)

An outwash plain.

d)

A hanging valley.

12.

This is a glacial leftover found in Oakland County MI. It is called ...

a)

Glacial Till.

b)

Ground Moraine.

c)

An Erratic.

d)

An Esker.

13.

These scratches in the exposed bedrock of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan are evidence of a passing glacier. These scratches are called...

a)

lacerations.

b)

nicks.

c)

striations.

d)

erratics.

14.

Here is a satellite image of Mars. At the bottom of the surface feature, there is a small box. What feature is it pointing to?

a)

A terminal moraine.

b)

An esker

c)

A kettle lake

d)

A kame.

15.

Seen here is a feature of mountain glaciers. When two glaciers weather away two sides of a mountain it creates a ...

a)

Horn

b)

Arete

c)

Cirque

d)

Outwash Plain

16.

Name the two main processes of glacial erosion

a)

Abrasion

b)

Freeze Thaw

c)

Attrition

d)

Plucking

17.

What kind of lake is this?

a)

Corrie

b)

Ribbon Lake

c)

Tarn

d)

Cirque

18.
When a tributary glacier joins a larger glacier, which feature is formed?
a)
Truncated spur
b)
Hanging valley
c)
Arete 
d)
Glacial trough
19.
Is till sorted or unsorted? 
a)
Sorted
b)
Unsorted
20.
Is outwash sorted or unsorted?
a)
Sorted
b)
Unsorted