Glacier

Lambert Glacier is __________ (big) glacier in the world.

In 1979 glaciers were ___________ (thick) nowadays.

Vatnajökull Glacier is ___________ (large) Aletsch Glacier.

Glaciers are made of:

• Ice obviously!

• Ice and rocks.

• Cliffs and water of the ocean.

• Frozen oceans only.

A massive sheet of ice, rocks, and soil that moves slowly down a mountain is called -

• an earthquake

• a volcano

• a glacier

• a hurricane

It says, “… every raindrop and snowflake and every bit of ice in glaciers …” What are glaciers?

• Large chunks of ice

• a pool of water

• a lake

What is the primary mechanism by which glaciers shape the landscape?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Erosion and deposition

• Transpiration

When glaciers melt they leave behind:

• lakes

• rivers

• hills of soil and boulders

• all the options are correct

Glaciers form when:

• Layers of snow compress.

• We stop global warming.

• Lakes freeze.

• A meteor crashed and killed the dinosaurs.

Continental glaciers form

• In the middle of a continent mainly Antarctica and the North Pole

• where valley glaciers are

• Downhill

• In the coasts only