The Solid Earth - Chapter 4: Types of Glaciers

Question 1

A thick ice mass that originates on land from the accumulation, compaction, and recrystallization of snow

Answer 1

Glacier

Question 2

True or false: glaciers are absolutely stationary

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Glaciers move at a _____ pace than streams

Answer 3

Slower

Question 4

Small glaciers in lofty mountain areas are often termed ___ glaciers or ____ glaciers due to setting

Answer 4

valley

alpine

Question 5

Each glacier is a ___ of ice, bounded by precipitous ice walls that flows downvalley from an accumulation center near its head

Answer 5

Stream

Question 6

In contrast to valley glaciers ____ exist as huge masses flowing out in different directions from one or more centers and completely obscure all but the highest areas of the terrain

Answer 6

Ice sheets

Question 7

Name the two currently existing ice sheets

Answer 7

Greenland

Artarctic

Question 8

Because of the proportions, the name ice sheet often is described as _____

Answer 8

continental

Question 9

These coverings that cover uplands and plateaus are masses called ___ ____.They resemble ice sheets but are much smaller

Answer 9

Ice caps

Question 10

This type of glacier occupies broad lowlands at the bases of steep mountains and form when one or more valley glaciers emerge from the confining walls of mountain valleys

Answer 10

Piedmont glaciers