Glacier Overview Organizer

VALLEY GLACIERS

A. Ablation Zone
B. Accumulation Zone
C. Arete
D. Bedrock Erosion
E. Cirque
F. Crevasse
G. Hanging Valley
H. Horn
I. Lateral Moraine
J. Medial Moraine
K. Tarn
L. U-Shaped Valley
M. V-Shaped Valley

1.  ridge or divide between glacial valleys

2.  steep-sided valley formed by stream erosion

3.  area where ice leaves by  melting, calving, or evaporating

4.  pyramid-shaped peak eroded by 3 or more glaciers

5.  deep landlocked lake formed when a glacier retreats

6.  eroding land  through plucking and abrasion

7.  ridge of till in the middle of a valley glacier

8.  highest and coldest part of a glacier where snow buildup occurs

9.   bowl-like depression at the head of a glacial valley

10.  tributary  valley higher than the floor of the main valley

11.  distinctive shaped valley eroded by glaciation

12.  ridge of glacial sediment along the sides of a glacier

13.  gaping crack in the surface of a glacier

Match the features of valley glaciers and glaciation with their definitions.

CONTINENTAL GLACIERS

What is another name for continental glaciers? _________________________________

How are they different from valley glaciers? ___________________________________

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Match the features of continental glaciation with their definitions.

1.   snakelike ridge composed of glacial drift from streams

2.  area where meltwater streams deposit sediment from a glacier

3.  triangular body of sediment

4.  streamlined hill of glacial till built under ice

5.  debris accumulated at ice margin, marking furthest advance of a glacier

6.  bowl-like hole in glacial deposit formed by large blocks of ice melting.

A. Delta
B. Drumlin
C. Esker
D. Kettle
E. Outwash Plain
F. Terminal Moraine