Glaciated Landscapes: Glacial Depositional Landform Types

Question 1

A ridge of till across a glacial trough that marks the maximum advance of the glacier snout

Answer 1

Terminal moraine

Question 2

A ridge of till along the edge of a glacial valley

Answer 2

Lateral moraine

Question 3

A series of ridges of till running across the glacial trough, and broadly parallel to the terminal moraine

Answer 3

Recessional moraines

Question 4

Till ridges broadly parallel to the lateral moraine, formed by two tributary glaciers meeting

Answer 4

Medial moraine

Question 5

Bulldozing of moraine caused by re-advancement of a glacier

Answer 5

Push moraine

Question 6

Uneven till deposits between the main ridges of till

Answer 6

Ground moraine

Question 7

A piece of rock composed of a different geology to the area it’s deposited in

Answer 7

Erratics

Question 8

A mound of glacial debris that forms an elongated streamlined hill

Answer 8

Drumlins

Question 9

Formed by a large mass of unstratified drift being deposited when an ice sheet melts

Answer 9

Till sheets

Question 10

Material on top of the ice

Answer 10

Supraglacial debris

Question 11

Material within the ice

Answer 11

Englacial debris

Question 12

Material below the ice

Answer 12

Subglacial material

Question 13

All material deposited during glaciation

Answer 13

Drift

Question 14

Material deposited by the ice

Answer 14

Till

Question 15

Material deposited by glacial meltwater

Answer 15

Outwash (also called fluvioglacial deposition)