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CH. 7 Glacier Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

The diagram below shows a glacial landscape feature forming over time from a melting block of ice. This glacial landscape feature is best identified as

a)

a kettle lake

b)

an outwash plain

c)

a finger lake

d)

a lateral moraine

2.

The cross section below represents the transport of sediments by a glacier. At which location is deposition most likely the dominant process?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Unsorted, angular, rough-surfaced silt, sand, cobbles, and boulders are found at the base of a cliff. What most likely transported these cobbles and boulders?

a)

running water

b)

wind

c)

a glacier

d)

ocean currents

4.

If this glacier experiences more ablation than accumulation, then it would be

a)

accumulating

b)

advancing

c)

regressing

d)

retreating

5.

What will be the most probable arrangement of rock particles deposited directly by a glacier?

a)

unsorted and layered

b)

unsorted and not layered

c)

sorted and not layered

d)

sorted and layered

6.

When these 2 glaciers combine, the line of sediment created between them is known as a

a)

lateral moraine

b)

medial moraine

c)

terminal moraine

d)

recessional moraine

7.

The ridge of sediments from X to Y can best be described as

a)

sorted and deposited by ice

b)

sorted and deposited by melt water

c)

unsorted and deposited by ice

d)

unsorted and deposited by meltwater

8.

Which feature will most likely form when the partially buried ice block melts?

a)

drumlin

b)

morraine

c)

kettle lake

d)

finger lake

9.

The elongated hills labeled R (called Drumlins) are most useful in determining the

a)

age of the glacier

b)

direction of movement of the glacier

c)

size of the glacier

d)

velocity of the glacier

10.

What is the term for these parallel grooves carved by a glacier?

a)

striations

b)

moraines

c)

tarns

d)

aretes

11.

What can these grooves tell us about the glacier that created them?

a)

It's size

b)

It's type

c)

It's weight

d)

It's direction

12.

Which rock material was most likely transported to its present location by a glacier?

a)

rounded sand grains found in a river delta

b)

rounded grains found in a sand dune

c)

residual soil found on a flat plain

d)

unsorted loose gravel found in hills

13.

Which soil profile diagram best represents the type of deposition left by a glacier?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

Which property would best distinguish sediment deposited by a river from sediment deposited by a glacier?

a)

mineral composition of the sediment

b)

amount of sediment sorting

c)

thickness of sediment layers

d)

age of fossils found in the sediment

15.

What type of glacier is represented in this diagram?

a)

Valley Glacier

b)

Continental Glacier

c)

Mountain Glacier

d)

Alpine Glacier

16.

If this glacier is retreating, what must be true?

a)

more ablation than accumulation

b)

more accumulation than ablation

c)

more outwash than inwash

d)

the climate is getting cooler

17.

The graph shows the snow line (the elevation above which glaciers form at different latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). At which location would a glacier most likely form?

a)

0 degrees latitude at an elevation of 6,000m

b)

15 degrees N latitude at an elevation of 4,000m

c)

30 degrees N latitude at an elevation of 3,000m

d)

45 degrees N latitude at an elevation of 1,000m

18.

What type of glacier is shown in the diagram? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Valley Glacier

b)

Continental Glacier

c)

Ice Sheet

d)

Alpine Glacier

19.

What force is primarily responsible for the movement of the glacier?

a)

ground water

b)

gravity

c)

running water

d)

wind

20.

Wooden stakes were placed in a glacier in a straight line as represented by A-A' in the diagram. The same stakes were observed later in the positions represented by B-B'. The pattern of movement of the stakes provides evidence that

a)

glacial ice does not move

b)

glacial ice is melting faster than it accumulates

c)

the glacier is moving faster in the center than on the sides

d)

friction is less along the sides of the glacier than in the center