Exam 19: Glacial Modification of Terrain

Most transported sediment in glaciated regions consists of glacial flour.

Comparing two locations on a mountain glacier, it is likely they are ________.

The ________ is the world's largest ice shelf.

A pluvial consequence of the Pleistocene glaciation has been the formation of ________.

The Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York is a prime example of ________

The most prominent pluvial development of the Pleistocene was the appearance of many ________.

________ was(were) NOT partially covered with substantial by glacial ice during the Pleistocene epoch.

Long sinuous ridges of stratified drift are termed ________.

During the Pleistocene Epoch, Antarctica's ice sheets expanded to cover most of the Southern Hemisphere.

At its maximum extent, continental glacial ice in North America extended as far south as ________.

The amount of erosion done by glaciation is NOT affected by the ________.

During the Pleistocene, glaciation extended across the North Sea to join Scandinavia and the British Isles.

The time since 10,000 B.P. is most properly known as the ________ epoch.

Unsorted debris from ice sheets, after deposition, is known as ________.

The world's largest contemporary ice sheet is in ________.

Snow is changed by ________ into glacial ice.

By the nature of its deposition, which of the following has the largest spatial extent (covers the most area)?

The Driftless Area is in ________.

The end of the Pleistocene is set at 11,700 years ago.

The main sediment type carried by streams in glacial regions is ________.