Exam 16: Glacial Systems and Landforms

If ice flow in a glacier ceases, ____.

What would likely provide the LEAST amount of information on the direction of ice flow?

What is the main difference between firn and glacial ice?

Which of the following features are most closely associated with lakes?

In the Colorado Rockies, south-facing slopes have greater glacial development than north-facing slopes.

A(n) ____________________ is a sharp, often pyramidal peak created by headward erosion of multiple alpine glaciers.

____ exist where continental glaciers meet the ocean.

Glacial sediments are more uniform in size than stream sediments.

Whether a glacier is advancing, retreating, or in a state of equilibrium, the ice forming the glacier continues to move downslope.

A hanging valley is associated with ____.

Glaciers have existed throughout all of Earth's history.

During the Pleistocene, ____ experienced major glacial expansion.

A(n) ____________________ is a long, narrow, sinuous ridge formed by a stream depositing material beneath a glacier or ice sheet.

The upper surface of a glacier is brittle and often contains cracks called ____________________.

A deep, narrow, ocean inlet carved by glacial erosion is a(n) ____________________.

If Greenland were to lose its ice sheet, we would expect its central land area to begin rising.

Glacial meltwater streams typically ____.

The area of an alpine glacier that moves the fastest is the ____.

Cold polar continental glaciers flow faster than alpine glaciers.

Evidence of a previous period of glaciation includes ____.