Glacial Erosion

Question 1

What are the two kinds of glaciers? How are they different?

Answer 1

Continental & Valley Glacier. Continental glaciers cover much of a continent or small island. Valley glaciers form when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley.

Question 2

How do glaciers form?

Answer 2

Glaciers form in an area where more snow falls than melts.

Question 3

How do continental glaciers move?

Answer 3

Continental glaciers flow in all directions.

Question 4

How do valley glaciers move?

Answer 4

Valley glaciers move downhill.

Question 5

By what processes do glaciers erode the land?

Answer 5

plucking and abrasion

Question 6

When do glaciers deposit sediment?

Answer 6

Glaciers deposit sediment when it melts.

Question 7

A glacier picks up rocks through a process called ____________.

Answer 7

plucking

Question 8

Times when continental glaciers cover large parts of Earth’s surface are called _______________.

Answer 8

the Ice Age

Question 9

A __________ is any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

Answer 9

glacier

Question 10

The sediments deposited by a glacier are called ___________.

Answer 10

till

Question 11

How thick does snow and ice have to be to form a glacier.

Answer 11

30-40 meters

Question 12

Which force constantly pulls a glacier downhill?

Answer 12

gravity

Question 13

What is a glacier?

Answer 13

any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.