Glaciers

Question 1

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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kettle

Question 2

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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plucking

Question 3

After the last ice age, stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and formeda.kettles.b.cirques.c.drumlins.d.moraines.

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A

Question 4

Glaciers can only form whena.there is an ice age.b.there is a U-shaped valley in the mountains.c.the amount of snow exceeds the amount of rain.d.more snow falls than melts.

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D

Question 5

In a process called plucking, the rocks dragged by glaciers produce grooves and scratches in bedrock.

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F

Question 6

A valley glacier spreads out over a large island or continent.

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F

Question 7

The process in which rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and then are carried away when the glacier moves is calleda.plucking.b.surging.c.valley widening.d.abrasion.

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A

Question 8

Once the depth of snow and ice reaches more than 30 to 40 meters, the force of friction begins to pull a glacier downhill.

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F

Question 9

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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moraine; surging

Question 10

Which of the following is evidence that an area was once covered by a glacier?a.loess depositsb.V-shaped valleyc.U-shaped valleyd.alluvial fan

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C

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