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