General Info
Vocab
Types of Glaciers
Glacial Movement
Regents Questions
100
A glacier moves as a _______ rather than a liquid.
What is a solid
100
Unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier
What is till
100

This is the fastest moving type of glacier

What is a mountain glacier

100
Average rate of movement for continental glaciers
few mm/day or few cm/day
100
This biome is hot and dry and mostly sand 
What is a desert biome 
200
The largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth
What is glacier ice
200
Glacial hills that are shaped like the back of a spoon
What is a drumlin
200

This type of glacier is an indicator or early warning sign against global warming 

What is a ice sheet

200

What shape are valleys that are created by glaciers. 

What are U shaped valleys

200

This is the number of total countries in Africa 

What is 54

300
Glaciers are masses of ice that flow under the influence of _____.
What is gravity
300
Caused by friction at sides and bottom of ice mass and by warming during the summer months
What is melting
300

Another name for a mountain glacier 

What is an alpine glacier

300

When the rocks are smooth and the soil is pulled out easily by glaciers, what landform is formed?

What is a ribbon lake

300
This is the capital of Ethiopia

What is Addis Ababa

400
Glaciers cover how much of the Earth's land surface? (percentage, +- 10%)
What is 10%
400

The hollow where a glacier forms 

What is a corrie

400

This type of glacier covers a vast area of land on mountain tops and low altitudes

What is an ice sheet

400
The speed of glacial movement is partly determined by _______.
What is slope or friction
400

This is the term for an area of poor housing

What is a slum

500
About how much of the world's water do glaciers contain? (percentage, +- 10%)
What is 2.15%
500
Rocks that do not match the size and type of other rocks in the same area
What is an erratic
500

name the main difference between mountain glaciers and ice sheets.

Mountain glaciers are formed at high altitudes (EX. mountains) and ice sheets are found layered over the land like in Antarctica.

500

List the 3 landforms created by deposition

What is a moraine, erratic, and drumlin

500

BONUS ROUND!! 

Name every African country you can think of in 2 minutes

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