Unit 47 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

Which landmass does not contain alpine glaciers?
a) Australia
b) Antarctica
c) Europe
d) South America
e) North America

Question 3:

The erosional remnant of a cirque is called a(n):
a) hanging valley
b) glacial trough
c) fjord
d) horn
e) O-shaped valley

Question 4:

Narrow, steep estuaries - formed when a glacier reaches the sea - are called:
a) moraines
b) eskers
c) finger lakes
d) rock steps
e) fjords

Question 5:

What type of moraine forms from material that falls from a valley wall first?
a) lateral moraine
b) medial moraine
c) ground moraine
d) valley train
e) bottomset moraine

Question 6:

Meltwater deposits from morainal material left behind by a receding glacier are called:
a) medial moraines
b) valley trains
c) lateral moraines
d) ground moraines
e) aretes

Question 7:

A medial moraine forms when a tributary glacier joins a trunk glacier.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Lakes formed from water dammed up in a cirque are called tarns.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

A hanging valley forms when glaciers with identical base levels converge in an area.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Africa contains no alpine glaciers.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Finger lakes may form on rock steps.
a) True
b) False

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