Types of Glaciers
What is glacier?
A thick mass that moves slowly over the land
Largest Glacier in the World
Lambert Glacier
Definition of Glacial Trough
Glacial Trough
How old were the frozen mosses found in the Canadian Arctic?
400 years old
This long running movie saga has been relevant for over five decades and always has the main character known as agent 007
James Bond
What type of glacier advances down valleys that were originally occupied by streams?
Valley Glacier
How long and wide is the Lambert Glacier?
320 miles long and over 40 miles wide
bowl-shaped depression at the head of glacial valley
Cirques
How many Cascade Mountains put together have more snow and ice in their glaciers then Mount Rainier?
12
This 1984 classic relates to an adventurer who frees child slaves from an organization searching for a precious stone. The character in this movie always carries a whip.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Malaspina is a ____
Piedmont Glacier
Vatnajokull covers about __ of Iceland with and thickness of about __ meters.
8% and 400 meters.
sharp-edged ridges.
Arête
75% of what is stored on Earth?
Freshwater
This 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma stars Al Pacino. He plays a cuban who rises in the ranks and becomes the head of a drug ring in Miami Florida. His characters name is Tony Montana
Scarface
a glacier formed among summits and descending a mountain valley.
Alpine Glacier
Name of the largest tidewater glacier in North America and its location.
Hubbard and its located in Gulf of Alaska.
valleys that were carved out by glaciers
Glacial Trough
Glaciers form ______ ______ ___ ___ __ on the planet.
the largest reservoir of fresh water
This 1969 western directed by George Roy Hill, stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as they travel across the states robbing trains and banks. This movie debues the song Rain Drops Keep Fallin On My Head. One of the main characters names is Butch
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
What is one example of an ice sheet?
Antarctica or Greenland
Name the Glaciers in Alphabetical Order.
Hubbard, Kilimanjaro, Lambert, Perito Moreno, Siachen, and Vatnajokull
How many Moraines are there and what are there names?
3:Lateral, End and Ground/Medial Moraines
What percent of the world is covered with glaciers today?
10%
This 1984 classic directed by Sergio Leone is based on a jewish mob from the 1920s and 1930s. This film stars James woods and Robert De Niro whose character goes by Noodles
Once Upon A Time in America