Glaciers and Albedo

A _____ is a mass of snow and ice that moves slowly over the land.

• moraine

• glacier

• till

• u-shaped valley

_____ is the removal of large chunks of rock picked up by the glacier

• Plucking

• Abrasion

• Weathering

• Erosion

Ice Sheet: A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.

• drumlin
• esker
• moraine
• erratic

Ice Sheet:_____ are enormous boulders transported and deposited by glaciers, often far from their source region.

• Till
• Erratics
• Moraines
• Fjords

Sediments deposited by glacier meltwater

• outwash

• till

• erratics

Albedo can best be described as...

• the temperature at the equator
• the amount of solar radiation absorbed
• the amount of solar radiation reflected
• the air pressure during El Nino

The image shows a...

• continental glacier

• valley glacier

_____ is the material that is deposited by the melting glacier.

• kettles

• cirque

• horn

• till

What heats faster, land or water?

• Land

• Water

A valley glacier generally forms in mountainous areas

• True

• False