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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 kettle lake
an outwash plain
a finger lake
a lateral moraine
The cross section below represents the transport of sediments by a glacier. At which location is deposition most likely the dominant process?
A
B
C
D
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?
running water
wind
a glacier
ocean currents
This glacial landscape feature is best identified as
Kettle Lake
Outwash Plain
Terminal Moraine
Cirque
If this glacier experiences more ablation than accumulation, than it would be
accumulating
advancing
regressing
retreating
What will be the most probable arrangement of rock particles deposited directly by a glacier?
unsorted and layered
unsorted and not layered
sorted and not layered
sorted and layered
When these 2 glaciers combine, the line of sediment created between them is known as a
lateral moraine
medial moraine
terminal moraine
recessional moraine
The ridge of sediments from X to Y can best be described as
sorted and deposited by ice
sorted and deposited by melt water
unsorted and deposited by ice
unsorted and deposited by meltwater
Which feature will most likely form when the partially buried ice block melts?
drumlin
morraine
kettle lake
finger lake
The elongated hills labeled R are most useful in determining the
age of the glacier
direction of movement of the glacier
size of the glacier
velocity of the glacier
What is the name for the cracks shown toward the bottom of this glacier?
lateral moraine
icebergs
terminal moraine
crevasses
What is the term for these parallel grooves carved by a glacier?
striations
moraines
tarns
aretes
What can these grooves tell us about the glacier that created them?
It's size
It's type
It's weight
It's direction
What is the name of the glacial feature that this crazy person is walking on?
u-shaped valley
arete
esker
erratic
What is the name for this winding ridge of sediment that formed from sediment accumulation in a meltwater glacial tunnel from a Continental glacier?
arete
tarn
esker
drumlin
Which rock material was most likely transported to its present location by a glacier?
rounded sand grains found in a river delta
rounded grains found in a sand dune
residual soil found on a flat plain
unsorted loose gravel found in hills
Which soil profile diagram best represents the type of deposition left by a glacier?
A
B
C
D
Which property would best distinguish sediment deposited by a river from sediment deposited by a glacier?
mineral composition of the sediment
amount of sediment sorting
thickness of sediment layers
age of fossils found in the sediment
What type of glacier is represented in this diagram?
Valley Glacier
Continental Glacier
Mountain Glacier
Alpine Glacier
Which of the features below would be most useful in determining the direction of glacial flow?
drumlins
esker
outwash plain
kettle lakes
If this glacier is retreating, what must be true?
more ablation than accumulation
more accumulation than ablation
more outwash than inwash
the climate is getting cooler
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?
0 degrees latitude at an elevation of 6,000m
15 degrees N latitude at an elevation of 4,000m
30 degrees N latitude at an elevation of 3,000m
45 degrees N latitude at an elevation of 1,000m
What type of glacier is shown in the diagram?
Valley Glacier
Continental Glacier
Ice Sheet
Alpine Glacier
What force is primarily responsible for the movement of the glacier?
ground water
gravity
running water
wind
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
glacial ice does not move
glacial ice is melting faster than it accumulates
the glacier is moving faster in the center than on the sides
friction is less along the sides of the glacier than in the center
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