Glaciers/Wind Erosion

Question 1

Ice age

Answer 1

A period of time when much of Earth’s land is covered in glaciers

Question 2

Glacier

Answer 2

A thick ice mass that moves slowly over the land surface

Question 3

Snowline

Answer 3

Lowest elevation in a particular area that remains covered in snow all year

Question 4

Valley glaciers

Answer 4

I’ve masses that slowly advance down Valley - was originally occupied by streams

Question 5

Ice sheet/continental glacier

Answer 5

Enormous ice masses that flow in all directions from one or more centers and cover everything but the highest land

Question 6

Glacial Trough

Answer 6

What happens to V shaped valley when glaciers fill it. U Shaped

Question 7

Cirque

Answer 7

Bowl shaped depression at the head of glacial valley surrounded on three sides by steep rock walls

Question 8

Arêtes

Answer 8

Snaking sharp edged ridges

Question 9

Horns

Answer 9

Sharp pyramid-like peaks

Question 10

Stratified drift

Answer 10

Sediment laid down by glacial meltwater

Question 11

Deflation

Answer 11

The lifting and removal of loose particles such as clay and silt

Question 12

Loess

Answer 12

Wind blown silt that blancjetsbthe landscape

Question 13

Moraines

Answer 13

Kate’s or ridge left after glaciers melt