| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Most of the glacial ice today occurs... | on the Antarctic continent |
| If you drill a deep hole into a valley glacier, you will discover that the main body of the glacier consists of... | recrystallized ice |
| If the greenhouse effect causes a warming trend, which of the following is most likely to occur?... | glaciers will recede |
| The fiords of Norway and British Columbia originated as... | glacially carved U-shaped valleys |
| The bent pipe experiment showed that glaciers moved by all of the following EXCEPT!... | internal sliding |
| In Antarctica, the most persistent form of ablation is... | calving of icebergs |
| Continental ice sheets usually do NOT form... | cirques |
| Outwash beyond the edge of the continental ice sheets can be identified by... | layered and sorted alluvial deposits |
| Intrepid climbers on the famous Matterhorn in Switzerland know it is a result of... | headward erosion |
| Unsorted and unlayered rock debris carried or deposited by a glacier is called... | till |
| The bones and teeth of extinct mammoths dredged up from Atlantic continental shelves are used as evidence that.. | the sea level was much lower |
| In mountains at low latitudes, such as the Andes, the zone of accumulation will be... | at very high altitudes |
| The system of pluvial lakes developed in western U.S. states was a result of... | a very wet and rainy period |
| One of the most likely current theories about causes of glacial cycles is related to... | astronomic factors |
| Periods of widespread glaciation before the Pleistocene... | did occur as seen in tillite deposits |
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