Chapter 4 -Glacial and Arid Landscapes

Question 0

Types of glaciers

Answer 0

Valley glaciers
Ice sheets

(Also)
Icecaps
Outlet glaciers
Piedmont glaciers

Question 1

Glaciers are part of two basic cycles

Answer 1

Hydrologic cycle

Rock cycle

Question 2

Glaciers

Movement is referred to as______

Answer 2

Flow

Question 3

Two wYs glaciers erode the land

Answer 3

Plucking-lifting of rocks

Abrasion-rocks within the ice acting like sandpaper to smooth and polish the surface below

Question 4

All sediments of glacial origin

Answer 4

Glacial drift

Question 5

Most of the major glacial episodes occurred during a division of geologic time called

Answer 5

Pleistocene epoch

Question 6

Dry regions cover _____% of earths land surface.

Answer 6

30%

Question 7

Dry lands are concentrated in two regions

Answer 7

Subtropics

Middle-latitudes

Question 8

________are common in the desert, because vegetative cover is sparse , runoff is largely unhindered.

Answer 8

Flash floods

Question 9

________ causes some erosion in deserts.

Answer 9

Wind

Question 10

Mechanisms of transport

Answer 10

Bedload
Suspended load
Deflation

Question 11

Two types of wind deposits

Answer 11

Dunes

Loess

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Glacier

Question 13

The area where a glacier forms

Answer 13

Zone of accumulation

Question 14

The area where there is a net loss to the glacier due to melting & calving

Answer 14

Zone of wastage