Glaciers

Question 1

Glaciers are rivers of:

Answer 1

Ice

Question 2

Any body of ice that flows downhill pulled by Earth’s gravity just like rivers in slow motion

Answer 2

Glacier

Question 3

Snow transforms to _____

Answer 3

Ice slowly

Question 4

All ice starts out as ____

Answer 4

Snow

Question 5

As it is buried, old snow compacts into ___

Answer 5

Firn

Question 6

Firn crystallizes to:

Answer 6

Solid Ice

Question 7

Glaciers end where ice:

Answer 7

Melts

Question 8

Where the snow piles up

Answer 8

Head

Question 9

At the head of the glacier, snow piles up =

Answer 9

Accumulation

Question 10

Plucks up and carries sediment of all sizes (mud —-> giant boulders)

Answer 10

Body

Question 11

At the TOE of a glacier ice melts and drops drops sediment =

Answer 11

Ablation

Question 12

Ice ALWAYS flows _____

Answer 12

Downhill

Question 13

A glacier grows longer as climate gets colder

Answer 13

Advance

Question 14

A glacier melts and shrinks as climate gets warmer

Answer 14

Retreat

Question 15

‘Baby’ glaciers just starting to flow, high up in the mountains

Answer 15

Cirque Glaciers

Question 16

Cirque glaciers have round hollow valleys

Answer 16

Cirques

Question 17

‘Rivers of ice’ flowing in between mountains

Answer 17

Valley glaciers

Question 18

Erode valleys into U shapes

Answer 18

Valley glaciers

Question 19

When two valley glaciers meet, they can form

Answer 19

Hanging Valleys

Question 20

Thick ‘blanket’ of ice over a mountain range

Answer 20

Ice Caps

Question 21

Ice cap peaks are eroded into sharp points or ____

Answer 21

Horns

Question 22

Valley glaciers that reach a lake or ocean

Answer 22

Fjord Glaciers

Question 23

Fjord Glaciers have ice the breaks off at the toe, forming

Answer 23

Icebergs

Question 24

Glaciers spread out at the ‘foot of the mountain’ and form an icy fan shape

Answer 24

Piedmont Glaciers

Question 25

Dump glacial sediment over a wide area

Answer 25

Piedmont Glaciers

Question 26

Enormous glaciers formed during ice ages

Answer 26

Continental Ice Sheets

Question 27

Flow starts in the thick center of the sheet

Answer 27

Continental Ice Sheets

Question 28

Ice flows RADIALLY in all directions in a Continental Ice Sheet to thinner edges (____)

Answer 28

Ice shelves

Question 29

Carved by glaciers

Answer 29

Alpine topography

Question 30

Ridge formed by glacial sediment (marks where glacier toe used to be)

Answer 30

Glacial Deposition

Question 31

Sediment dropped by melting glaciers (unsorted, angular, poorly bedded)

Answer 31

Till