Ice Ice Baby

unsorted rock material deposited directly by ice as it melts

• glacial drift

• stratified drift

• till

• glacier

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A glacier is __________

• series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another 
• series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents 
• o  large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface 
• large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement 

_____ is rock debris embedded in base of ice create polishing, grooves and striations.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

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_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock debris.

• Plucking
• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Erosion

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_____ are are lines deposited at bottom or along sides of glaciers.

• Eskers
• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines

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A _____ are depressions formed as stranded ice blocks melt in outwash.

• erratics
• eskers
• kettles
• drumlin

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Which landscape feature was most likely formed by glacial activity?

• an eroded plateau

• a flat floodplain

• a U-shaped valley

• a V-shaped valley

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The diagram represents a stream valley. Which diagram below best shows how this valley might be modified after a glacier has moved through it?

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What percent of land area on Earth is covered with glacial ice?

• 15%
• 10%
• 70%
• 3%

Glaciers often form V shaped valleys

• true
• false