Which of the following statements is NOT true about the dynamics
1.
Which of the following
statements is NOT true about the dynamics of glaciers?
a.
ablation must exceed
accumulation, on an annual basis, for glacial growth and advance
b.
ablation can involve both
melting and calving
c.
accumulation is typical of
higher elevations
d.
summers are more critical for
annual glacial growth than winters
2.
A large, ampitheatre-like
depression left by a glacier high on a mountain slope is called a
a.
glacial valley
b.
hanging valley
c.
cirque
d.
kettle
3.
Which of the following
landforms is NOT characteristic of pastmountain
glaciers?
a.
V-shaped valley bottom
b.
hanging valleys
c.
truncated spurs
d.
fjords
4.
A submerged glacial valley is
termed a
a.
ria
b.
fjord
c.
tarn
d.
kettle
5.
The prominent, angular, rocky
peak left behind after deep erosion from multiple mountain glaciers is a termed
a
a.
tarn
b.
arête
c.
cirque
d.
horn
6.
A _________ moraine forms when
a retreating glacier halts or undergoes a minor re-advance.
a.
terminal
b.
recessional
c.
medial
d.
lateral
7.
Which of the following is NOT
true about the famous Channeled Scablands:
a.
it’s a barren landscape located
in eastern Washington
b.
the landscape features deep,
dry channels, massive erratics, giant dry riverbed ripples, and abandoned
waterfalls
c.
it formed from a mega-flood
unleashed from glacial Lake Missoula
d.
the lake formed from dammed up
meltwater along the Cordilleran Ice Sheet
e.
there was only one cataclysmic
flood