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Glaciers, Desert and Wind
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Pearson Earth Science Chapter 7 Review
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1
Which type of glacier is not limited in what direction it moves?
ice sheet
cirque
valley glacier
arete
2
What are the two ways that wind erodes in deserts
abrasion and deflation
basal slip and plastic flow
abrasion and plucking
deflation and plucking
3
What is an alluvial fan?
an intricate asian fan
the area where a water fall is created after a glacier
the area where sediment is deposited in a cone shape
the area where streams cut through the desert
4
Name that dune
barchanoid
barchan
longitudinal
transverse
5
When a glacier picks up rocks and bedrock and moves it, this is called __________
abrasion
bulldozing
weathering
plucking
6
The balance between the snow gained and lost in a glacier is called the ____ of a glacier.
allowance
budget
profit
aggregate
7
Name that Dune
parabolic
barchanoid
star
longitudinal
8
What is wind abrasion most similar too?
chemical weathering
sand blasting
a jackhammer
chiseling
9
What is the name for the bowl shaped area of a mountain that most glaciers start in?
cirque
till
arete
horn
10
What is the snowline?
Large cracks in a glacier
The lowest elevation snow remains all year
The area where it cannot snow
Lines formed by glaciers when they hit each other
11
What shape does a glaciated trough or valley look like?
v-shaped
u-shaped
x-shaped
w-shaped
12
Which type of glacier moves between mountains as it flows down hill?
valley glacier
ice sheet
cirque
arete
13
Which often creates a waterfall?
hanging valley
till
stratified drift
moraine
14
Name that Dune
parabolic
barchan
longitudinal
star
15
Name that Dune
barchan
star
transverse
parabolic
16
Name that Dune
barchan
barchanoid
parabolic
transverse
17
Which glacial movement is due to gravity and a thin layer of water and mud helping it slide?
abrasion
plastic flow
plucking
basal slip
18
Fine-grained, windblown silt that piles up is called
till
a moraine
a sand dune
loess
19
Which area is the snow melting faster than it is falling?
zone of water
zone of warming
zone of wastage
zone of glacial demise
20
A rocky surface layer formed by deflation in a desert is called
a playa lake
desert pavement
an outwash plain
an alluvial fan