Exercise
Glacial Erosion & Deposition
Investigate how moving glaciers carve landscapes through erosion and deposit sediments as they melt. Learn about distinct glacial landforms and features.
Questions
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What is a glacier?
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What glacial erosion process involves ice picking up rocks as it moves over bedrock?
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What shape valley is carved by a glacier?
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Grooves and scratches left on bedrock by glacial rocks are called what?
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What is till?
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What is a moraine?
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What is a glacial erratic?
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What feature forms when a block of buried glacial ice melts, leaving a depression filled with water?
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What is a glacial horn?
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What is a cirque?
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Outwash plains consist of sediment deposited by what?
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How do glaciers move large rock particles over long distances?