Glacial Movement, Transportation and Deposition Quiz
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Glacial Movement, Transportation and Deposition Quiz
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What causes glaciers to move?
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What is basal slip?
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What is internal deformation?
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What occurs when the amount of additional and ice accumulation in a year exceeds the amount of melting (ablation)?
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What happens when the amount of ablation exceeds accumulation?
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What is the name of material transported by a glacier?
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What is the furthest advance of a glacier marked by?
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What is the name of the process that causes smaller glaciers in mountainside depressions to move?
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What is the name of sediment deposited by meltwater towards the snout of a glacier?
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True or false?
Till is well sorted.
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Till is characterised by having a range of sizes and is poorly sorted.
Identify the feature formed when meltwater pouring from the snout of a glacier transports then deposits material.
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True or false?
Sediment found on outwash plains is better sorted and more rounded.
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