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The upper part of a glacier the part with snow and ice is called the
a. zone of accumulation b.zone of wastage c.zone of ablation d.recharge zone e. discharge zone |
A. zone of accumulation
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For glaciers in temperate climates a crevasse can be no deeper than:
a. 4 meters b. 40 cntimeters c. 400 meters d. 40 meters e. 400 centimeters |
D. 40 meters
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Only tow places on earth now have continental ice sheets
a. Greenland and Antarctica b. North Pole and South Pole c. Siberia and Canada d. North Pole and Greenland e. Siberia and parts of N. Dakota |
A. Greenland and Antarctica
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Tributary glaciers do not erode as deeply into their channels as main trunk glaciers, so when the glaciers retreat from the landscape an_____ is typically left where the tributary glacier once flowed, high above the main valley floor.
a. fiord b. hanging valley c. arete d. cirque e. roche mountonnee |
B. Hanging valley
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A ________ moraine is the end moraine marking the farthest advance of a glacier.
a. terminal b.medical c. lateral d. recessional e. boundary |
a.terminal
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A sinuous deposit of sand deposited by a stream that flowed on top of, within or beneath a glacier is called an:
a. oscar b. moraine c. drumlin d. esker e. varve |
D. esker
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