Earth Science Vocab 2

What is a glacier?

• A slow-moving mass of ice formed from compacted snow

• A type of bird found in mountains

• A type of flower found in cold regions

What is an erratic?

• A large rock transported and deposited by a glacier

• A type of weather pattern

• A type of glacier found in mountains

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What is an outwash plain?

• Flat area of glacial sediments beyond a glacier's end

• A type of mountain range

• A type of glacier found in Antarctica

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What is a drumlin?

• Smooth, elongated hill formed by glacial action

• A type of musical instrument

• A type of glacier found in Greenland

What is a kettle lake?

• Shallow lake formed by melting glacier ice blocks

• A type of desert lake

• A type of glacier found in the Arctic

What is an esker?

• Winding ridge of sand and gravel deposited by meltwater

• A type of tree found in cold regions

• A type of glacier found in the Himalayas

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What are striations?

• Parallel marks on rocks caused by glacier movement

• A type of cloud formation

• A type of glacier found in the Alps

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What is a moraine?

• Accumulation of glacial debris along or beneath a glacier

• A type of flower found in cold regions

• A type of glacier found in the Andes

What is an alpine glacier?

• Glacier in mountains that flows through valleys, creating U-shaped valleys

• A type of bird found in the Alps

• A type of glacier found in the Arctic

What is an iceberg?

• Floating ice mass broken off from a glacier

• A type of ship

• A type of glacier found in the Himalayas