
Glaciation
Authored by Maeve Spillett
Geography
7th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is plucking?
When a glacier scours the valley floor.
When the snout of the glacier pushes deposited sediment.
When rocks become frozen into glacier and are plucked out when the glacier moves.
When frozen water expands and forces cracks in rocks to get bigger and break apart.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is a glacier?
A glacier is any piece of ice that moves.
A glacier is a mass of ice that thaws and re-freezes repeatedly.
To be considered a glacier, a mass of ice must be at least 1 mile thick
Glaciers are masses of ice made made up of snow that has accumulated and compacted over time .
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the two main types of glacial erosion?
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which letter represents the shape of valleys created by glaciers?
V
U
W
L
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Abrasion is:
parallel and straight scratches cut into bedrock by a glacier.
a process of erosion which occurs when material being transported wears away at a surface over time.
the transportation of large rocks and boulders
a ridge at the edge of a glacier where rocks and sediment are deposited
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Large rocks or boulders that are transported by glaciers are called...
striations
erratics
till
abrasions
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Identify the glacial landforms created by deposition:
arête
till
ice
moraine
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