Glacial Features

Question 1

What is Glacial Till?

Answer 1

Rock and minerals ground up by glacier activity

Question 2

What are the five types of Glacial Formations?

Answer 2

Moraine, Drumlin, Esker, Kettle, Kame

Question 3

What are the Till Plains?

Answer 3

Large Region of Glacial Till deposit; most of North and Western Ohio

Question 4

The soil formation of Esker is?

Answer 4

Long, snaky ridge of stream deposits formed under a glacier

Question 5

The soil formation of Drumlin is?

Answer 5

Formed under a glacier as gravel and sand washed beneath; the point shows the direction of glacial retreat

Question 6

The soil formation of Kame is?

Answer 6

Deposit of gravels that once laid on top of the glacier

Question 7

The soil formation of Kettle is?

Answer 7

Depressions left where ice chunks were once buried in glacial till

Question 8

The soil formation of Moraine is?

Answer 8

Till material pushed up at the end edge of a glacier (Terminal, Medial, and Lateral Moraines)