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Erosion: Glaciers
Erosion: Glaciers
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NYS Earth Science Review on glaciers
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Unsorted, unlayered glacial deposits
Till
Tarn
Arete
Horn
2
The image shows that glaciers move:
slower in the middle
faster in the middle
like mudslides
faster on the edges
3
Sharp glacial feature where 3 or more aretes meet.
Moraine
Cirque
Till
Horn
4
New York's finger lakes where carved out by?
waves
running water
wind
moving ice
5
Glaciers grind down the surface under their eminence weight
outwash plain
glacial polish
strations
till
6
True or False: New York was once covered by a glacier.
False
True
7
Large, random rock
Moraine
Erratic
Drumlin
Till
8
The two moraines that mane up Long Island are called?
Lateral and Recessional
Lateral and Terminal
Recessional and Terminal
9
Grooves or scratches carved in bedrock by glaciers
Till
Cirques
Erratics
Striations
10
Sharp edges carved by alpine glaciers.
Cirques
Horns
Moraines
Aretes
11
Flat land, dominated by stream erosion at the edge of a melting glacier.
Moraine
Kettle Lake
Outwash Plain
Tarn
12
When a glacier moves back into the mountain, or gets smaller in size.
stationary
retreat
advance
13
Block of ice pushed underground melts to leave large square shaped hole.
Kettle lake
Drumlin
Erratic
Pot hole
14
Deposition feature
Erractic
Cirque
Till
Drumlin
15
Letter of the alphabet that describes the shape of the valley floor carved out by a GLACIER.
W
U
V
Y
16
Large crack in the surface of a moving glacier.
crevasse
arete
till
erratic
17
Depositional feature at the edge of a glacier.
Kettle Lake
Moraine
Till
Erratic
18
The point where 2 glacier intersect.
Horn
Erratic
Drumlin
Hanging Valley
19
Glaciers are constantly moving DOWNHILL due to which force?
Gravity
Velocity
Nature
Friction
20
Glaciers can exist in warm latitudes (example: 3
o
S) as long as they have a high __________ ?
eccentricity
elevation
self esteem
angle of polaris