Exam 14: Glacial and Penglacial Landscapes

Horns and cirques are typical features of

Which of the following is an alpine feature?

Sorted glacial drift characteristic of stream-deposited material is called

Crevasses usually form as a result of

In terms of areal extent, which of the following sequences is in order from most to least area covered?

The presence of till indicates

If two glaciers with lateral moraines join, a medial moraine is produced.

Surprisingly, there are no ice caps in Iceland.

Relative to glacial mass balance, which of the following is false?

Large areas of frozen ground can develop a heaved-up, circular, ice-cored mound called

A pyramidal peak formed in glaciated mountains is

The Great Lakes of North America were created by

Drowned glacial valleys are known as

During the Pleistocene ice age, many areas of the $\underline { \text { southwestern } }$ U.S. were covered by large lakes.

Till plains refer to

The transformation of snow into glacial ice in Antarctica takes ________ than in midlatitude alpine glaciers because ________.

Alpine glaciers include all of the following except

Pluvial lakes formed in the ________ as a result of ________.

A glacier that is confined in a bowl-shaped recess is called a

An ice cap is the most extensive form of continental glacier.