Glacial Landforms of Transportation and Deposition Quiz

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Glacial Landforms of Transportation and Deposition Quiz

True or false? Moraines are formed by the deposition of poorly sorted, angular till deposits, carried by ice then dumped when it melts.

True

False

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Identify the type of moraine found along the sides of a glacier.

Medial

Terminal

Lateral

Ground

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Identify the type of moraine found where two tributary glaciers meet.

Medial

Terminal

Lateral

Ground

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Identify the type of moraine found on the bedrock between the ice.

Medial

Terminal

Lateral

Ground

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Identify the type of moraine found at the snout of a glacier.

Medial

Terminal

Lateral

Ground

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Which of the following moraines is most likely to be left intact when ice melts?

Medial

Lateral

Ground

Terminal

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Lateral moraine is most likely to remain intact because they are less likely to be eroded by meltwater.

What is the name of a rock transported by ice and deposited in an area of different geology?

Moraine

Drumlin

Erratic

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True or false? By pinpointing the source of an erratic scientists can identify the direction of movement of past ice sheets.

True

False

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What are egg-shaped hills of deposited material, that often occur in groups, known as?

Erratics

Drumlins

Moraines

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What are drumlins formed from?

Moraine

Till

Eratics

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Drumlins indicate the past direction of ice movement. Which of the following is correct?

The tapered end points in the direction of ice movement.

The blunt end points in the direction of ice movement.

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What is a group of drumlins known as?

Swarm

Group

Pride

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