Section #: 8.3
Glaciers
Practice Test
1.
What causes the snow of a glacier to become ice?
a.
changing humidities
b.
pressure from overlying snow
c.
colder temperatures
d.
heat from the Sun
Hint
2.
What kind of valley will be left by the structure in the figure?
a.
v-shaped
b.
u-shaped
c.
w-shaped
d.
i-shaped
Hint
3.
Ridges consisting of till deposited by glaciers are called __________.
a.
aretes
b.
cirques
c.
eskers
d.
moraines
Hint
4.
A __________ is a large, moving mass of ice.
a.
cirque
b.
dune
c.
glacier
d.
drumlin
Hint
5.
Glaciers move over older moraines and form the material into elongated landforms called __________.
a.
eskers
b.
moraines
c.
drumlins
d.
outwash plains
Hint
6.
What are scratches left in rock by a glacier called?
a.
drumlins
b.
marks
c.
cirques
d.
striations
Hint
7.
Which structure is NOT featured in the figure?
a.
cirque
b.
u-shaped valley
c.
horn
d.
plateau
Hint
