Question 1

The climatic event that began with cooling in about A.D. 1300 and lasted until the middle-1800s is known as the Little ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Ice Age

Question 2

How does the water bound in glaciers eventually reenter the hydrologic cycle?

Accepted Answer

By calving and meltwater runoff.

Question 3

Describe differences in flow rates within a valley glacier.

Accepted Answer

Flow velocity is greater in the zone of accumulation than in the zone of wastage (or ablation), so velocity is greater higher up the glacier. Since the valley walls and floor cause frictional resistance, the ice in contact with the walls and floor moves more slowly than ice experiencing less friction. The uppermost part of the glacier does not move any slower or faster than the ice below it.

Question 4

Glaciers are geologically important because they erode, transport, and deposit lot of material.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Short-term climatic events, such as the Little Ice Age, may be caused by:

Accepted Answer

A)  variations in solar energy. 
B)  large volcanic eruptions. 
C)  Milankovitch cycles. 
D)  variations in solar energy AND large volcanic eruptions. 
E)  no one really knows. 
A)  variations in solar energy. 
B)  large volcanic eruptions. 
C)  Milankovitch cycles. 
D)  variations in solar energy AND large volcanic eruptions. 
E)  no one really knows.

Question 6

What is glacial drift, and how does it differ from glacial till?

Accepted Answer

Glacial drift includes all sediment depo

Question 7

Continental glaciers are presently found on:

Accepted Answer

A)  Greenland. 
B)  Antarctica. 
C)  Alaska. 
D)  Greenland and Antarctica. 
E)  Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska. 
A)  Greenland. 
B)  Antarctica. 
C)  Alaska. 
D)  Greenland and Antarctica. 
E)  Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska.

Question 8

Sediment that is supplied to braided streams that are melting from continental glaciers forms an outwash plain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Under what conditions can glaciers exist in the equatorial latitudes?

Accepted Answer

Glaciers can occur e

Question 10

How can the boundary between the zones of accumulation and wastage on a glacier be located during the spring and summer?

Accepted Answer

The boundary can be found by l

Question 11

What are glaciers? How do they act as agents of erosion, transportation, and deposition?

Accepted Answer

Glaciers are moving bodies of ice on lan

Question 12

Is ice a mineral? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Yes, ice is a mineral. It is a

Question 13

How can you tell a river valley from a glacial valley if there is no glacier within the valley?

Accepted Answer

Rivers carve V-shape

Question 14

A glacier begins to flow when the ice reaches a critical thickness of about:

Accepted Answer

A)  100 meters. 
B)  40 meters. 
C)  20 meters. 
D)  10 meters. 
E)  5 meters. 
A)  100 meters. 
B)  40 meters. 
C)  20 meters. 
D)  10 meters. 
E)  5 meters.

Question 15

How does a terminal moraine differ from a recessional moraine?

Accepted Answer

The terminal moraine marks the

Question 16

What is the lesser way that glaciers flow, and what facilitates this movement? In which type of glaciers is this flow more important?

Accepted Answer

Glaciers also slide over underlying surf

Question 17

What does the term glaciation mean?

Accepted Answer

Glaciation is all glacial acti

Question 18

The Little Ice Age ended in the mid- to late-1800s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is a hanging valley, and how does one form?

Accepted Answer

A hanging valley forms from th

Question 20

The terms valley glacier and mountain glacier are synonymous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The climatic event that began with cooling in about A.D. 1300 and lasted until the middle-1800s is known as the Little ____________________.

How does the water bound in glaciers eventually reenter the hydrologic cycle?

Describe differences in flow rates within a valley glacier.

Glaciers are geologically important because they erode, transport, and deposit lot of material.

Short-term climatic events, such as the Little Ice Age, may be caused by:

What is glacial drift, and how does it differ from glacial till?

Continental glaciers are presently found on:

Sediment that is supplied to braided streams that are melting from continental glaciers forms an outwash plain.

Under what conditions can glaciers exist in the equatorial latitudes?

How can the boundary between the zones of accumulation and wastage on a glacier be located during the spring and summer?

What are glaciers? How do they act as agents of erosion, transportation, and deposition?

Is ice a mineral? Explain.

How can you tell a river valley from a glacial valley if there is no glacier within the valley?

A glacier begins to flow when the ice reaches a critical thickness of about:

How does a terminal moraine differ from a recessional moraine?

What is the lesser way that glaciers flow, and what facilitates this movement? In which type of glaciers is this flow more important?

What does the term glaciation mean?

The Little Ice Age ended in the mid- to late-1800s.

What is a hanging valley, and how does one form?

The terms valley glacier and mountain glacier are synonymous.

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Exam 13: Glaciers and Glaciation

The climatic event that began with cooling in about A.D. 1300 and lasted until the middle-1800s is known as the Little ____________________.

How does the water bound in glaciers eventually reenter the hydrologic cycle?

Describe differences in flow rates within a valley glacier.

Glaciers are geologically important because they erode, transport, and deposit lot of material.

Short-term climatic events, such as the Little Ice Age, may be caused by:

What is glacial drift, and how does it differ from glacial till?

Continental glaciers are presently found on:

Sediment that is supplied to braided streams that are melting from continental glaciers forms an outwash plain.

Under what conditions can glaciers exist in the equatorial latitudes?

How can the boundary between the zones of accumulation and wastage on a glacier be located during the spring and summer?

What are glaciers? How do they act as agents of erosion, transportation, and deposition?

Is ice a mineral? Explain.

How can you tell a river valley from a glacial valley if there is no glacier within the valley?

A glacier begins to flow when the ice reaches a critical thickness of about:

How does a terminal moraine differ from a recessional moraine?

What is the lesser way that glaciers flow, and what facilitates this movement? In which type of glaciers is this flow more important?

What does the term glaciation mean?

The Little Ice Age ended in the mid- to late-1800s.

What is a hanging valley, and how does one form?

The terms valley glacier and mountain glacier are synonymous.

Understanding Earth: a Dynamic and Evolving Planet

Plate Tectonics: a Unifying Theory

Minerals: the Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity

Volcanoes and Volcanism

Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

Mass Wasting

Running Water

Groundwater

The Work of Wind and Deserts

Shorelines and Shoreline Processes

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

Earth History

Life History

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