| Term | Definition |
|---|
| glacier | any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. |
| continental glacier | a glacier that covers much of a continet or large island. (Antartica) |
| ice ages | the times in the past when continental glacier covered larger parts of the Earth's surface. |
| valley glaciers | long, narrow glaciers that form when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley. (Sierra Nevadas) |
| plucking | the process when glaciers pick up rocks as they flow over land. |
| till | the mixture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface. |
| moraine | the ridge formed by till deposited at the edges of a glacier. |
| kettle | a small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till. |
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