Erosion & Deposition
Mass Movement
Glacier Landforms
Glacier Facts
100
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock from one place to another.
What is erosion?
100

Downhill glacial movement is caused by this.

What is gravity?

100
A long basin that fills with water after a glacier passes.
What is a glacial lake?
100

Compressed granular ice that will become a glacier

Firn

200

Fine rock particles that look like ash 

Glacial Flour

200
A type of mass movement in which loose pieces of rock and sediment quickly slip down a steep hill.
What is a landslide?
200
A long mound of till that is smoothed in the direction of the glacier’s flow.
What is a drumlin?
200
The process by which loose rock fragments stick to the bottom of a glacier as it passes over an area.
What is plucking?
300
Broken pieces of rock make up this, which is a material that is moved by erosion.
What is sediment?
300

What is rock debris deposited along the sides of a glacier

Lateral Moraine

300
A bowl-shaped hollow eroded by a glacier.
What is a cirque?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! Glaciers form when this happens.
What is more snow falls than melts?
400

huge scratches on rock caused by glacial movement

Glacial Striations

400

The end of the glacier is called

Toe or Terminus

400
A sharp ridge separating two cirques.
What is an arete?
400

A pyramid shaped peak on top of a mountain

Horn

500
Till left behind by a moving glacier is an example of this.
What is deposition?
500

A deep crack in glacial ice

Crevasse

500
DAILY DOUBLE! Forms when the sea level rises, filling a valley cut by a glacier.
What is a fiord?
500

current carrying water away from a glacier, looks milky

Meltwater stream

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