Description Day 4

What is this text describing?

• The Ice Age

• Valley glaciers and continental glaciers

• Greenland

• Antarctica

What is the definition of a glacier?

• A glacier is a huge mass of ice that slowly moves down a mountain or spreads out on an area of land.

• A glacier is a large underground chamber, typically of natural origin, in a hillside or cliff.

• A glacier is a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.

• A glacier is a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.

What kinds of glaciers are described?

• valley glaciers and continental glaciers

• u valley and v valley

• canyons and landforms

• not here

What is the definition of block as used in this text?

• a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side

• a large single building subdivided into separate rooms, apartments, or offices

• make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible

• Not Here

What place is covered with valley glaciers?

• Greenland

• Antarctica

• Alaska

• Iceland

Why do glaciers still exist at all?

• They move too slowly to disappear.

• The temperatures around the world are getting colder.

• They are located in cold places with no chance to melt.

• They are made of packed snow.

According to the information in the text, which of the following statements is true?

• When glaciers melt, a lake is formed.

• Alaska is covered with Continental glaciers.

• There are more continental glaciers than valley glaciers.

• Glaciers move very slowly.

Which of the following describes both valley and continental glaciers?

• formed of snow that enters a valley

• enough ice to nearly cover a continent

• squeezed blocks of ice

• huge masses of ice