Glaciers
A test to evaluate your current knowledge of the world of glaciers. This simply includes: deposits, formations, budgets, and more.
- 1.
What feature can be formed where a tributary glacier flows into a main/trunk glacier?
- A.
Horn
- B.
Arete
- C.
Terminal morraine
- D.
Hanging trough
Correct Answer
D. Hanging trough -
- 2.
Iceberg ___ from their parent glacier.
- A.
Melt
- B.
Break
- C.
Clave
- D.
Calve
Correct Answer
D. Calve -
- 3.
What is the area above the snowline called?
- A.
Zone of wastage
- B.
Zone of accumulation
- C.
Norther hemisphere
- D.
Latitude
Correct Answer
B. Zone of accumulation -
- 4.
In polar regions, how would you best describe polar regions?
- A.
Low altitudes
- B.
High altitudes
- C.
Below the snowline
- D.
A great distance above or below the equator
Correct Answer
A. Low altitudes -
- 5.
A knife edges ridge seperating agjacent glacial troughs or cirques is called?
- A.
A sperate cirque
- B.
Fiord
- C.
Arete
- D.
Medial moraine
Correct Answer
C. Arete -
- 6.
Approximately how deep/thick is the plastic layer?
- A.
Slightly below 40 meters
- B.
Slightly above 40 meters
- C.
Greatly above 50 meters
- D.
Slightly above 50 meters
Correct Answer
C. Greatly above 50 meters -
- 7.
A tarn is a name for a specific what?
- A.
Boulder
- B.
Preexisting rock sediment deposited by glaciers
- C.
Terminal morraine
- D.
Lake
Correct Answer
D. Lake -
- 8.
Abrasion most likely...
- A.
Smoothes out boulders
- B.
Cracks boulders
- C.
Deposits loose rock sediment
- D.
A cause for flash floods
Correct Answer
A. Smoothes out boulders -
- 9.
Where is the largest glacier on earth located?
- A.
Iceland
- B.
Antartica
- C.
Greenland
- D.
Siberia
Correct Answer
B. Antartica -
- 10.
What is the elevation above which we find permanent snow?
- A.
Water table
- B.
Zone of accumulation
- C.
Snow line
- D.
Zone of snow
Correct Answer
C. Snow line -
- 11.
Tell the difference between ice sheets and glaciers.
- 12.
A young glacier driving over rocks would most likely form?
Correct Answer
Drumlins
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