Geology 100 Self-Test 19

Answer the questions below and then click "submit" to send your answers.

  1. How does material deposited by glaciers differ from material deposited by streams?

    2. Your answer:

  2. Why is the North Pole not glaciated?

    3. Your answer:

  3. How do recessional moraines differ from terminal moraines?

    4. Your answer:

  4. Alpine glaciation

    5. Your answer:
    is found in mountainous regions
    exists where a large part of a continent is covered by glacial ice
    is a type of glacier
    none of the above

  5. Continental glaciation

    6. Your answer:
    is found in mountainous regions
    exists where a large part of a continent is covered by glacial ice
    is a glacier found in the subtropics of continents
    none of the above

  6. Which is not a type of glacier?

    7. Your answer:
    valley glacier
    ice sheet
    ice cap
    sea ice

  7. Recently geologists have been drilling through ice sheets for clues about

    8. Your answer:
    ancient mammals
    astronomical events
    extinctions
    past climates

  8. The last episode of extensive glaciation in North America was at its peak about _____ years ago.

    9. Your answer:
    2,000
    5,000
    10,000
    18,000

  9. How fast does the central part of a valley glacier move compared to the sides of the glacier?

    10. Your answer:
    faster
    slower
    the same rate

  10. During the Ice Ages, much of Nevada, Utah, and eastern California were covered by

    11. Your answer:
    ice
    huge lakes
    deserts
    the sea