Froggy Jumps: Chap 6 test (wind - glaciers


Froggy Jumps Chap 6 testVersion en ligne Erosion from ice and wind par Nikki Bell 1 True or False: Valley Glaciers can only be short and narrow and never have branching tributaries a True b False c 2 True or False: the widths of the alpine glaciers are small compared to their lengths. a True b False c 3 True or False: ice sheets are often referred to as continental ice sheets and are much larger than valley glaciers a True b False c 4 Masses of glacial ice that cover uplands and plateaus a Upland Glaciers b Ice Caps c Valley Glaciers 5 True or False: the movement of a glacier is called a flow a True b False c 6 Tension cracks in a glacier are called a Tension Fissures b Crevasses c Djibouti Cracks 7 Snow accumulation and ice formation occur in a Zone of Wastage b FroZone c Zone of Accumulation 8 As a glacier flows it loosens and lifts blocks of rock and incorporates them into the ice in a process known as a Abrasion b Plucking c Rock Flour 9 As ice and its load of fragments slide over bedrock, they act like sandpaper to smooth and polish the surface below in a process called a Abrasion b Plucking c Rock Flour 10 Bowl shaped depressions with walls on three sides are a Aretes b Cirques c Horns 11 True or False: Fiords are deep inlets of the sea that exist in high latitude areas of the world where mountains are adjacent to the ocean a True b False c 12 An all embracing term for sediments of glacial origin a Glacial Hug b Glacial Deposit c Glacial Drift 13 Typically dry beds which carry water only in response to specific episodes of rainfall, usually found in desert areas a Ephemeral Streams b Dry Streams c Temporary Rivers 14 True or False: Playa lakes last for years and years a True b False c 15 Windblown Silt is known as a Loess b Dust in the Wind c Rock Flour 16 True or False: Wind, like water and glaciers, can erode by the means of plucking a True b False c 17 Sand dunes shaped like crescents a Star Dunes b Barchan Dunes c Transverse Dunes 18 Found in desert areas, such as Sahara, these dunes have bases shaped like stars a Star Dunes b Barchan Dunes c Transverse Dunes 19 Long ridges of sand forming more or less parallel to the prevailin wind. a Parabolic Dunes b Longitudinal Dunes c Barchanoid Dunes 20 These dunes form where vegetation partially covers the sand a Parabolic Dunes b Longitudinal Dunes c Barchanoid Dunes

1

True or False: Valley Glaciers can only be short and narrow and never have branching tributaries

a

True

b

False

c

2

True or False: the widths of the alpine glaciers are small compared to their lengths.

a

True

b

False

c

3

True or False: ice sheets are often referred to as continental ice sheets and are much larger than valley glaciers

a

True

b

False

c

4

Masses of glacial ice that cover uplands and plateaus

a

Upland Glaciers

b

Ice Caps

c

Valley Glaciers

5

True or False: the movement of a glacier is called a flow

a

True

b

False

c

6

Tension cracks in a glacier are called

a

Tension Fissures

b

Crevasses

c

Djibouti Cracks

7

Snow accumulation and ice formation occur in

a

Zone of Wastage

b

FroZone

c

Zone of Accumulation

8

As a glacier flows it loosens and lifts blocks of rock and incorporates them into the ice in a process known as

a

Abrasion

b

Plucking

c

Rock Flour

9

As ice and its load of fragments slide over bedrock, they act like sandpaper to smooth and polish the surface below in a process called

a

Abrasion

b

Plucking

c

Rock Flour

10

Bowl shaped depressions with walls on three sides are

a

Aretes

b

Cirques

c

Horns

11

True or False: Fiords are deep inlets of the sea that exist in high latitude areas of the world where mountains are adjacent to the ocean

a

True

b

False

c

12

An all embracing term for sediments of glacial origin

a

Glacial Hug

b

Glacial Deposit

c

Glacial Drift

13

Typically dry beds which carry water only in response to specific episodes of rainfall, usually found in desert areas

a

Ephemeral Streams

b

Dry Streams

c

Temporary Rivers

14

True or False: Playa lakes last for years and years

a

True

b

False

c

15

Windblown Silt is known as

a

Loess

b

Dust in the Wind

c

Rock Flour

16

True or False: Wind, like water and glaciers, can erode by the means of plucking

a

True

b

False

c

17

Sand dunes shaped like crescents

a

Star Dunes

b

Barchan Dunes

c

Transverse Dunes

18

Found in desert areas, such as Sahara, these dunes have bases shaped like stars

a

Star Dunes

b

Barchan Dunes

c

Transverse Dunes

19

Long ridges of sand forming more or less parallel to the prevailin wind.

a

Parabolic Dunes

b

Longitudinal Dunes

c

Barchanoid Dunes

20

These dunes form where vegetation partially covers the sand

a

Parabolic Dunes

b

Longitudinal Dunes

c

Barchanoid Dunes

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Chap 6 testVersion en ligne

par Nikki Bell

True or False: Valley Glaciers can only be short and narrow and never have branching tributaries

True or False: the widths of the alpine glaciers are small compared to their lengths.

True or False: ice sheets are often referred to as continental ice sheets and are much larger than valley glaciers

Masses of glacial ice that cover uplands and plateaus

True or False: the movement of a glacier is called a flow

Tension cracks in a glacier are called

Snow accumulation and ice formation occur in

As a glacier flows it loosens and lifts blocks of rock and incorporates them into the ice in a process known as

As ice and its load of fragments slide over bedrock, they act like sandpaper to smooth and polish the surface below in a process called

Bowl shaped depressions with walls on three sides are

True or False: Fiords are deep inlets of the sea that exist in high latitude areas of the world where mountains are adjacent to the ocean

An all embracing term for sediments of glacial origin

Typically dry beds which carry water only in response to specific episodes of rainfall, usually found in desert areas

True or False: Playa lakes last for years and years

Windblown Silt is known as

True or False: Wind, like water and glaciers, can erode by the means of plucking

Sand dunes shaped like crescents

Found in desert areas, such as Sahara, these dunes have bases shaped like stars

Long ridges of sand forming more or less parallel to the prevailin wind.

These dunes form where vegetation partially covers the sand