Exam 6: Glaciers, Deserts, and Winds

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

During the most recent ice age, glaciers covered about ________ percent of Earth's land area.

Melting and calving are two forms of ablation.

A cirque represents an erosional feature formed in what was an important accumulation zone for snow and ice at the upstream head of a glacier.

Fiords are found exclusively along the coast of Norway.

Deposits of windblown silt are called ________.

Till is an unsorted sediment deposited directly from the melting glacial ice; stream action is not involved.

Bajadas develop from coalescence of alluvial fans along fronts of mountain ranges in arid lands.

A ________ forms when a block of ice is buried in drift and subsequently melts, creating a pit.

A(n) ________ is an irregular, usually thin till layer laid down by a retreating glacier.

Matching. Match the feature with the appropriate material. -cirque

A ________ is an erosional feature specifically produced by alpine glaciation.

Word Analysis. Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

The term drift ________.

A(n) ________ is an intermittent lake on the floor of a desert basin.