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1.1 Glacial History Flashcards

1
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Where did glaciers expand from?

A

North and South Poles

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2
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Where were Alpine glaciers found?

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-large mountain areas
-valleys and downhills
-thousands exist

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Where were Continental glaciers found?

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-not many exist
-free forming and fast moving

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4
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What are Abrasions?

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Glaciers gouge and scratch land

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5
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What is Plucking?

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Picks up rocks and sediment as it moves

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6
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What are the three major ice sheets in Canada

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-Laurentide Ice Sheet
-Keeworth Sector
-Baffin Sector

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7
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When did glacial retreat start?

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17,000 years ago

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8
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What where the two places not touched my glaciers in Saskatchewan?

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-Cyprus Hills
-Wood Mountains Uplands

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9
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When was Southern Saskatchewan ice free?

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12,500 years ago

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10
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How long ago was most of Saskatchewan ice free?

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10,000 years ago

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What is a Drumlin?

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Drops of sediment in long snakey rows

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12
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What is a Terminal Moraine?

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The maximum advance of a glacier

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What is a Outwash Plain?

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Plain formed of glaciofluvial deposits due to meltwater outwash

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14
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What is an Esker?

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Rivers flowing within or under glaciers

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What are Kettles?

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Depressions filled within water (ice fall of glaciers)

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16
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What are Kames?

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Dropping sediment all at once

17
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What are Grand Moraines?

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Rocks and debris that are transported to the glacier toe in the ice and melt and dropped

18
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What is Glacial Till?

A

Glacial sediment

19
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What are is a Glacial Erratic?

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Large stones or boulders dropped by glaciers

20
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What are Primary Deposits?

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Material dropped by the glaciers

21
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What are Secondary Deposits?

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Materials are reworked by the wind, water, etc.

22
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What are examples of Eolian Deposits? (Wind deposits)

A

-sand dunes
-silt

23
Q

How is Hummocky Topography created?

A

By shifting water

24
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How are Lacustrine Deposits created? (Lake Deposit)

A

Solids settle then solidify to create a new layer, this process keeps repeating. Takes a long time to happen

25
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How is Level Topography created?

A

Deposits and Erosion

26
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How does Undulating Topography form?

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Forms more often on edges of glacial lakes

27
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How do Fluvial Deposits form?

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Materials settle on the bottom of river beds, or are transported by rushing water

28
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How do Alluvial Deposits form?

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Rushing water carries sand and other particles through streams and rivers. As the streams flatten out the particles are dropped in the channels

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