Glaciers

Question 1

Moraines

Answer 1

Glacial deposits/accumulations (lateral, recessional, ground, terminal, end, and medial)

Question 2

Alpine Glacier

Answer 2

Glacier in mountainous regions (high altitudes) & carve glacial valleys (U-shaped)

Question 3

Tarns

Answer 3

Small lakes formed in cirques; AKA Basin Lakes; form at base of cirques

Question 4

Continental Glacier

Answer 4

Large continent is covered by ice sheet (large coverage); HIGH Latitude

Question 5

Cirque

Answer 5

Bowl-shaped depression; found at head of valley; due to glacial erosion

Question 6

Col

Answer 6

Mountain pass/lowest point; created by erosion of cirques

Question 7

Arete

Answer 7

Sharp ridge between 2 glacial valleys

Question 8

Horn

Answer 8

Sharp peak; created by merging cirques; have flat faces and pyramid shaped

Question 9

Roche Mountonee

Answer 9

Rounded knobs of rock; “grazing sheep”

Question 10

Pater Noster Lakes

Answer 10

Series of lakes or tarns in glacial valley

Question 11

Drumlin

Answer 11

Streamed-lined hills of till that are formed under glacier

Question 12

Kame

Answer 12

Mounds of glacial sediment; basically a sand/gravel hill near glacier; found with kettle topography

Question 13

Kettle

Answer 13

Lake or depression formed by melted ice from glacier; found with kame topography

Question 14

Ogives

Answer 14

Compression or pressure ridges; steep changes in topography (icefall)