Questions
What is the term for a long, narrow depression formed by a glacier?
- Esker
- Moraine
- Drumlin
- Fiord
What is the term for a hill or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier?
- Esker
- Moraine
- Drumlin
- Till
What is the term for a long, narrow ridge of sediment deposited by a glacier?
- Esker
- Moraine
- Drumlin
- Till
What is the term for a hill or ridge of streamlined sediment deposited by a glacier?
- Esker
- Moraine
- Drumlin
- Till
What is the term for the unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier?
- Esker
- Moraine
- Drumlin
- Till
What is the term for a depression in the landscape formed by the melting of a glacier?
- Kettle
- Cirque
- U-shaped valley
- Hanging valley
What is the term for a semicircular depression in the landscape formed by the erosion of a glacier?
- Kettle
- Cirque
- U-shaped valley
- Hanging valley
What is the term for a valley that has been widened and deepened by a glacier?
- Kettle
- Cirque
- U-shaped valley
- Hanging valley
What is the term for a valley that is located above the main valley and is separated from it by a steep cliff?
- Kettle
- Cirque
- U-shaped valley
- Hanging valley
What is the term for a large, flat-topped mountain formed by the erosion of a glacier?
- Mesa
- Butte
- Plateau
- Nunatak
What is the term for a small, flat-topped mountain formed by the erosion of a glacier?
- Mesa
- Butte
- Plateau
- Nunatak
What is the term for a high, flat area of land formed by the erosion of a glacier?
- Mesa
- Butte
- Plateau
- Nunatak
What is the term for a mountain peak that projects above the surrounding ice sheet?
- Mesa
- Butte
- Plateau
- Nunatak
Which of the following is NOT a glacial landform?
- Esker
- Moraine
- Drumlin
- Sand dune
Which of the following is NOT a type of moraine?
- Lateral moraine
- Medial moraine
- Terminal moraine
- Recessional moraine