Question 1

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)  calving
B)  zone of accumulation
C)  melting
D)  zone of ablationE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 2

A horn is made of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  rock
B)  till
C)  sand and gravel
D)  mudE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

A drumlin is usually made of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  till
B)  sand and gravel
C)  rock
D)  mudE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

A(n)________ is a closed depression formed by the melting of an ice block buried in a moraine or outwash plain.

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Question 5

The ________ was the most recent Pleistocene glacial episode in North America.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dakotan
B)  Kansan
C)  Indianan
D)  WisconsinanE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

End or recessional moraines form when the rate of ablation equals the rate of ice advance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The great glaciation that affected the Southern Hemisphere supercontinent Pangaea (parts of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica) occurred ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  300-200 million years ago in late Paleozoic time
B)  800-700 million years ago in late Proterozoic time
C)  56-45 million years ago in early Cenozoic time
D)  3800-3600 million years ago in early Archean timeE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

During the maximum extent of the last Ice Age, which region remained free of ice cover?

Accepted Answer

A)  northern Siberia
B)  Greenland and Iceland
C)  southern Ontario
D)  central Yukon an portions of central and western AlaskaE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 9

Approximately how much of an iceberg protrudes above waterline?

Accepted Answer

A)  0.1%
B)  3%
C)  15%
D)  90%E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greenland
B)  Siberian Russia
C)  Iceland
D)  AntarcticaE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 11

When glaciers suddenly move forward they are said to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  calve
B)  lunge
C)  purge
D)  surgeE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 12

What are two processes by which ice shelves like the Ross or Filchner grow?

Accepted Answer

snowfall accumulatio...

Question 13

If you found a small remnant glacier high in a mountain valley, and it was only 30 metres thick, what is the most likely mechanism for it to move, if it moves at all?

Accepted Answer

The answer of If you found a small remnant glacier...

Question 14

During the peak of the last Ice Age, continental land area was larger and you could have walked across the English Channel because ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the continents expanded as they got colder
B)  there was so much ice that the global sea level was about 100 metres lower than now
C)  sea floor spreading hadn't separated England from France yet
D)  the polar ice caps flattened Earth so much that the continents were higherE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 15

All of the following landforms and geologic features are direct products of glacial erosion except for ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  truncated spur
B)  kame terraces
C)  striated bedrock
D)  hornE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Alpine glaciers form in pre-existing stream valleys at high altitudes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is the name for the very large, Pleistocene glacial lake that existed in the Central Prairies?

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The answer of What is the name for the very...

Question 18

What physical evidence is there for the grinding power of glacial ice?

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Question 19

Fjords are glacier-cut valleys that flooded as sea level rose in post-glacial times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What is the principal difference in the final result of alpine versus continental glaciation and why does this occur?

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Mountain glaciers accentuate a...

Exam 17: Glaciers and Glaciation

Approximately how much of an iceberg protrudes above waterline?

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What are two processes by which ice shelves like the Ross or Filchner grow?

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Fjords are glacier-cut valleys that flooded as sea level rose in post-glacial times.

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When glaciers suddenly move forward they are said to ________.

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Alpine glaciers form in pre-existing stream valleys at high altitudes.

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What is the name for the very large, Pleistocene glacial lake that existed in the Central Prairies?

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What physical evidence is there for the grinding power of glacial ice?

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Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?

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A horn is made of ________.

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A(n)________ is a closed depression formed by the melting of an ice block buried in a moraine or outwash plain.

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The ________ was the most recent Pleistocene glacial episode in North America.

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A drumlin is usually made of ________.

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If you found a small remnant glacier high in a mountain valley, and it was only 30 metres thick, what is the most likely mechanism for it to move, if it moves at all?

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During the maximum extent of the last Ice Age, which region remained free of ice cover?

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All of the following landforms and geologic features are direct products of glacial erosion except for ________.

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End or recessional moraines form when the rate of ablation equals the rate of ice advance.

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The great glaciation that affected the Southern Hemisphere supercontinent Pangaea (parts of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica) occurred ________.

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Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

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During the peak of the last Ice Age, continental land area was larger and you could have walked across the English Channel because ________.

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What is the principal difference in the final result of alpine versus continental glaciation and why does this occur?

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