Question 1

The wobbling motion of a spinning object is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

precession

Question 2

All of the following are thought to possibly contribute to the formation of glaciers EXCEPT for______ .

Accepted Answer

A) comets 
B) eccentricity 
C) precession 
D) plate tectonics 
A) comets 
B) eccentricity 
C) precession 
D) plate tectonics A

Question 3

Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?

Accepted Answer

A) Russia, Siberia 
B) Antarctica 
C) Greenland 
D) Iceland 
A) Russia, Siberia 
B) Antarctica 
C) Greenland 
D) Iceland B

Question 4

A drumlin is a______ .

Accepted Answer

A) bowl- shaped depression eroded largely by frost action and glacial plucking 
B) smooth, tapering ridge of till; formed and shaped beneath a continental ice sheet 
C) smooth, striated, bedrock ridge shaped and polished by a glacier 
D) till mound of outwash deposited by meltwater streams at the snout of a glacier 
A) bowl- shaped depression eroded largely by frost action and glacial plucking 
B) smooth, tapering ridge of till; formed and shaped beneath a continental ice sheet 
C) smooth, striated, bedrock ridge shaped and polished by a glacier 
D) till mound of outwash deposited by meltwater streams at the snout of a glacier

Question 5

Which one of the following statements concerning glacial deposits is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) Till is deposited directly from the ice; outwash is deposited by meltwater streams. 
B) Tills are poorly sorted and the fragments are mostly angular. 
C) Glacial erratics are blocks of rock that are too large for the glacier to move. 
D) Outwash is mainly stratified sand and gravel. 
A) Till is deposited directly from the ice; outwash is deposited by meltwater streams. 
B) Tills are poorly sorted and the fragments are mostly angular. 
C) Glacial erratics are blocks of rock that are too large for the glacier to move. 
D) Outwash is mainly stratified sand and gravel.

Question 6

Which one of the following prominent landforms, located from the Wasatch Range, Utah, westward to the Sierra Nevada, California, formed during the Pleistocene glacial episodes?

Accepted Answer

A) old shorelines of large, pluvial lakes 
B) terminal moraines of continental ice sheets that moved south from Canada 
C) erosional features produced by continental glaciation 
D) subaerial deltas submerged by the post- glacial rise in sea level 
A) old shorelines of large, pluvial lakes 
B) terminal moraines of continental ice sheets that moved south from Canada 
C) erosional features produced by continental glaciation 
D) subaerial deltas submerged by the post- glacial rise in sea level

Question 7

The______ of the geologic time scale represents the time of the most recent "Ice Age."

Accepted Answer

A) Pleistocene era 
B) Pleistocene epoch 
C) Pliocene epoch 
D) Pliocene era 
A) Pleistocene era 
B) Pleistocene epoch 
C) Pliocene epoch 
D) Pliocene era

Question 8

Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?

Accepted Answer

A) Greenland 
B) Antarctica 
C) Siberian Russia 
D) Iceland 
A) Greenland 
B) Antarctica 
C) Siberian Russia 
D) Iceland

Question 9

The bottom or downward tip of a crevasse marks the ______.

Accepted Answer

A) boundary between the basal sliding and external flowage zones 
B) bottom of the basal sliding zone 
C) boundary between parts of the glacier moving by basal sliding and crevassal slip 
D) top of the internal deformation and flowage zone 
A) boundary between the basal sliding and external flowage zones 
B) bottom of the basal sliding zone 
C) boundary between parts of the glacier moving by basal sliding and crevassal slip 
D) top of the internal deformation and flowage zone

Question 10

______are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.

Accepted Answer

A) Moraines 
B) Eskers 
C) Cirques 
D) Drumlins 
A) Moraines 
B) Eskers 
C) Cirques 
D) Drumlins

Question 11

_______ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier.

Accepted Answer

A) Frost heaving 
B) Crevassal slip 
C) Morainal sliding 
D) Basal slip 
A) Frost heaving 
B) Crevassal slip 
C) Morainal sliding 
D) Basal slip

Question 12

______are both deposited by meltwater streams.

Accepted Answer

A) Recessional kettles and erratics 
B) Valley moraines and ice sheet trains 
C) Terminal moraines and cirques 
D) Outwash plains and valley trains 
A) Recessional kettles and erratics 
B) Valley moraines and ice sheet trains 
C) Terminal moraines and cirques 
D) Outwash plains and valley trains

Question 13

Bowl- shaped depressions in bedrock at upstream ends of alpine glacial valleys are called______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Bowl- shaped depressions in bedrock at upstream...

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the term glacial drift?

Accepted Answer

A) the sedimentary materials outwash and till 
B) floating of icebergs southward from the north polar seas 
C) slow, plastic flow movement in the brittle zone of a glacier 
D) the slow, southward advance of the continental ice sheets over Canada and North America during the Pleistocene 
A) the sedimentary materials outwash and till 
B) floating of icebergs southward from the north polar seas 
C) slow, plastic flow movement in the brittle zone of a glacier 
D) the slow, southward advance of the continental ice sheets over Canada and North America during the Pleistocene

Question 15

A(n)______would logically be situated next to a large end moraine or terminal moraine.

Accepted Answer

A) pluvial lake 
B) cirque 
C) fiord 
D) outwash plain 
A) pluvial lake 
B) cirque 
C) fiord 
D) outwash plain

Question 16

______first developed the theory that small variations in the Earth- Sun distance were responsible for short- term, climatic oscillations (1000 to 100,000 years).

Accepted Answer

A) G. Zukhov 
B) M. Milankovitch 
C) H. Goering 
D) H. Marcee 
A) G. Zukhov 
B) M. Milankovitch 
C) H. Goering 
D) H. Marcee

Question 17

The great, Southern Hemisphere glaciation that affected parts of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica occurred______ .

Accepted Answer

A) in late Proterozoic time 
B) in early Cenozoic time 
C) in late Paleozoic time 
D) in middle Mesozoic time 
A) in late Proterozoic time 
B) in early Cenozoic time 
C) in late Paleozoic time 
D) in middle Mesozoic time

Question 18

Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?

Accepted Answer

A) the basal, sliding zone 
B) the internal, flowage zone 
C) the snout zone 
D) the surface, brittle zone 
A) the basal, sliding zone 
B) the internal, flowage zone 
C) the snout zone 
D) the surface, brittle zone

Question 19

What term describes open fissures in the brittle, surface ice of a glacier?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What term describes open fissures in the...

Question 20

A(n)______is similar in appearance to a sinkhole of a karst area.

Accepted Answer

A) cirque 
B) moraine 
C) esker 
D) kettle 
A) cirque 
B) moraine 
C) esker 
D) kettle

The wobbling motion of a spinning object is known as ______.

All of the following are thought to possibly contribute to the formation of glaciers EXCEPT for______ .

Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?

A drumlin is a______ .

Which one of the following statements concerning glacial deposits is NOT true?

Which one of the following prominent landforms, located from the Wasatch Range, Utah, westward to the Sierra Nevada, California, formed during the Pleistocene glacial episodes?

The______ of the geologic time scale represents the time of the most recent "Ice Age."

Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?

The bottom or downward tip of a crevasse marks the ______.

______are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.

_______ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier.

______are both deposited by meltwater streams.

Bowl- shaped depressions in bedrock at upstream ends of alpine glacial valleys are called______.

Which of the following best describes the term glacial drift?

A(n)______would logically be situated next to a large end moraine or terminal moraine.

______first developed the theory that small variations in the Earth- Sun distance were responsible for short- term, climatic oscillations (1000 to 100,000 years).

The great, Southern Hemisphere glaciation that affected parts of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica occurred______ .

Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?

What term describes open fissures in the brittle, surface ice of a glacier?

A(n)______is similar in appearance to a sinkhole of a karst area.

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Exam 15: Glaciers and Glaciation

The wobbling motion of a spinning object is known as ______.

All of the following are thought to possibly contribute to the formation of glaciers EXCEPT for______ .

Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?

A drumlin is a______ .

Which one of the following statements concerning glacial deposits is NOT true?

Which one of the following prominent landforms, located from the Wasatch Range, Utah, westward to the Sierra Nevada, California, formed during the Pleistocene glacial episodes?

The______ of the geologic time scale represents the time of the most recent "Ice Age."

Where is the world's second largest continental ice sheet?

The bottom or downward tip of a crevasse marks the ______.

______are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.

_______ is one of the two major flow mechanisms in a glacier.

______are both deposited by meltwater streams.

Bowl- shaped depressions in bedrock at upstream ends of alpine glacial valleys are called______.

Which of the following best describes the term glacial drift?

A(n)______would logically be situated next to a large end moraine or terminal moraine.

______first developed the theory that small variations in the Earth- Sun distance were responsible for short- term, climatic oscillations (1000 to 100,000 years).

The great, Southern Hemisphere glaciation that affected parts of Africa, South America, India, Australia, and Antarctica occurred______ .

Abrasion and plucking generally involve what part of a glacier?

What term describes open fissures in the brittle, surface ice of a glacier?

A(n)______is similar in appearance to a sinkhole of a karst area.

An Introduction to Geology

Plate Tectonics: a Scientific Revolution Unfolds

Matter and Minerals

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards

Weathering and Soils

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor

Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Mass Wasting: the Work of Gravity

Running Water

Groundwater

Deserts and Wind

Shorelines

Geologic Time

Earths Evolution Through Geologic Time

Global Climate Change

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