Ice

Question 1

glacier

Answer 1

large mass of ice that flows over land due to gravity

Question 2

valley glacier

Answer 2

smaller glaciers in mountains, make U-shaped valleys

Question 3

continental glacier

Answer 3

large glaciers that cover large parts of continents (polar ice sheets)

Question 4

striations

Answer 4

parallel scratches on rock that result from sediments and rocks in glacier carving the rocks (show direction of flow)

Question 5

drumlins

Answer 5

big teardrop shaped mounds of unsorted sediments left behind by glaciers. They taper in the direction of the glacier’s flow.

Question 6

erratic

Answer 6

boulders left behind by glaciers after they melt

Question 7

unsorted sediments

Answer 7

sediments that are left behind by a glacier as a result of the glacier’s bulldozing of the land

Question 8

till

Answer 8

unsorted glacial sediments

Question 9

moraine

Answer 9

a deposit of unsorted sediment pushed into place by an advancing glacier

Question 10

kettle

Answer 10

holes made by blocks of ice in glaciers that eventually melt

Question 11

Pleistocene Epoch

Answer 11

Earth’s most recent ice age