Gly Test 3 Practice Ch 18

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1. Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?
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2. The ________ is not the name of a Pleistocene glacial episode in North America.
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3. ________ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier.
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4. Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?
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5. The ________ of the geologic time scale represents the time of the most recent "Ice Age."
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6. Which one of the following applies to a valley glacier that lengthens (extends its terminus downslope) over a period of many years?
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7. A ________ cross-valley profile is typical of canyons and valleys eroded and deepened by alpine or valley glaciers.
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8. The ________ was the most recent Pleistocene glacial episode in North America.
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9. Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?
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10. ________ horn
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11. ________ is the best explanation for a glacial surge.
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12. All of the following descriptions apply to stratified drift (not glacial till) except for ________.
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13. Which process occurs where a glacier enters the sea?
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14. A ________ is an erosional feature specifically produced by alpine glaciation.
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15. A(n) ________ represents a former meltwater channel or tunnel in glacial ice that was filled
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16. What type of moraine is formed by the merging of two lateral moraines at a junction of two valley glaciers?
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17. Which of the following glacial features would typically be found in close proximity?
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18. Which of the following is the correct listing of the North American glacial stages from older to younger?
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19. Which one of the following statements concerning glaciers is not true?
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20. A ________ is a glacier-cut valley that partly flooded as sea level rose.
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21. Approximately how long ago did the last of the great North American ice sheets melt?
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22. Which one of the following could not have significantly affected climatic variations and advances and retreats of ice sheets during the Pleistocene epoch?
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23. Which one of the following statements concerning glacial deposits is not true?
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24. A ________ forms when stagnant, glacial ice melts after being buried by drift.
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25. A drumlin is a ________.
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26. All of the following are thought to possibly contribute to the formation of glaciers except for ________.
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27. Which of the following best describes the term glacial drift?
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28. ________ cirque
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29. ________ has/have speeds comparable to those of a flowing alpine glacier.
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30. ________ moraine
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31. Which one of the following samples and experimental measurements would provide the most information about the Earth's climate over the last 100,000 years or so?
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32. ________ are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.
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33. ________ was a very large, pluvial lake in Utah during the Pleistocene Epoch.
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34. Which of the following is often associated with a cirque basin in high, mountainous terrain?
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35. ________ is an irregular, usually thin till layer laid down by a retreating glacier.
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36. ________ erratic
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37. What type of moraine would be most useful for tracing diamond-bearing kimberlite fragments directly to their bedrock source area?
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38. How do icebergs in the North Atlantic Ocean originate?
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39. A(n) ________ is similar in appearance to a sinkhole of a karst area.
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40. A fiord is ________.
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41. A(n) ________ is likely to host a waterfall or steep rapids today.
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42. ________ esker
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43. The bottom or downward tip of a crevasse marks the ________.
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44. A(n) ________ would logically be situated next to a large end moraine or terminal moraine.
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45. ________ drumlin
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46. Which one of the following prominent landforms, located from the Wasatch Range, UT, westward to the Sierra Nevada, CA, formed during the Pleistocene glacial episodes?
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47. ________ are both deposited by meltwater streams.
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48. A(n) ________ is a depositional feature composed of till and only associated with continental glaciation, not with alpine glaciers.
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Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?
The ________ is not the name of a Pleistocene glacial episode in North...
________ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier.
Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?
The ________ of the geologic time scale represents the time of the...
Which one of the following applies to a valley glacier that lengthens...
A ________ cross-valley profile is typical of canyons and valleys...
The ________ was the most recent Pleistocene glacial episode in North...
Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?
________ horn
________ is the best explanation for a glacial surge.
All of the following descriptions apply to stratified drift (not...
Which process occurs where a glacier enters the sea?
A ________ is an erosional feature specifically produced by alpine...
A(n) ________ represents a former meltwater channel or tunnel in...
What type of moraine is formed by the merging of two lateral moraines...
Which of the following glacial features would typically be found in...
Which of the following is the correct listing of the North American...
Which one of the following statements concerning glaciers is not true?
A ________ is a glacier-cut valley that partly flooded as sea level...
Approximately how long ago did the last of the great North American...
Which one of the following could not have significantly affected...
Which one of the following statements concerning glacial deposits is...
A ________ forms when stagnant, glacial ice melts after being buried...
A drumlin is a ________.
All of the following are thought to possibly contribute to the...
Which of the following best describes the term glacial drift?
________ cirque
________ has/have speeds comparable to those of a flowing alpine...
________ moraine
Which one of the following samples and experimental measurements would...
________ are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.
________ was a very large, pluvial lake in Utah during the Pleistocene...
Which of the following is often associated with a cirque basin in...
________ is an irregular, usually thin till layer laid down by a...
________ erratic
What type of moraine would be most useful for tracing diamond-bearing...
How do icebergs in the North Atlantic Ocean originate?
A(n) ________ is similar in appearance to a sinkhole of a karst area.
A fiord is ________.
A(n) ________ is likely to host a waterfall or steep rapids today.
________ esker
The bottom or downward tip of a crevasse marks the ________.
A(n) ________ would logically be situated next to a large end moraine...
________ drumlin
Which one of the following prominent landforms, located from the...
________ are both deposited by meltwater streams.
A(n) ________ is a depositional feature composed of till and only...
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