Glacier Movement
What is the steeper the slope, the faster the glacier moves
slope
What kind of glacier forms over broad, flat areas and can cover entire continents?
Ice sheet
What do we call the beginning or start of a river
Headwaters
It is the process of when land,soil, and rocks are broken and then moved by wind, water, and ice
Erosion
Thicker glaciers tend to move faster than thinner ones due to the increased weight and pressure.
Thickness
A Moraine is a pile or ridge of glacial material left behind by a moving glacier
Moraine
The area where a river ends and flows into another body of water is called....
It is where sediment, rocks, or soil are added to the surface
deposition
What is the term for the slow movement of a glacier due to gravity?
Glacier flow
Is a streamlined hill made of glacial debris, shaped by the movement of a glacier
Drumlin
This fan-shaped deposit forms where a river empties into a slower moving body of water?
The delta
It is where the breakdown or dissolving of rocks of the minerals on the surface of the Earth
Weathering
This type of glacier movement occurs when the entire ice mass slides over the bedrock
Basal sliding
A big rock dropped by a glacier often far from where it originally came from
Erratic
What is the term for a smaller stream or river that flows into a larger one?
How does "breaks down and sculpts the rocks" relate to weathering?
The term for a glacier that moves very quickly in a short period of time is what?
Glacial surge
What do these states have in common, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
The states that were affected by the moraine
What is the term for the curves and bends found in a mature river?
Meanders
This type of weathering, where water freezes and expands cracks
ice wedging