Final, Set 3
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josephprado777 on December 5, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The ________ is the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun: | Eccentricity |
| The ________ is Earth's slow wobble as it spins on its axis: | Precession |
| ________ are scratches and grooves on bedrock caused by glacial abrasion: | glacial striations |
| A ________ is a steep-sided, pyramid-shaped peak formed by glacial erosion: | Horn |
| A/an ________ is a planar surface of glacial origin, consisting of beveled, scoured, grooved and scratched rocks in knobs: | Ice-scoured plain |
| A small streamlined, asymmetrical bedrock knob is a/an ________: | Roche moutonnee |
| ________ is the collective term for all rock, sand and clay that is deposited by glacier either as till or outwash: | drift |
| The ________ is the outermost end moraine of a glacier or ice sheet, marking the maximum advance of the ice: | Terminal moraine |
| Dominant rock type in Yosemite Park is ________. | Granitic rock |
| Nunateks are ________: | Mountain peaks that projected above glaciers and were not overridden by ice |
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