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| A/An ____________________ is a massive, long-lasting accumulation of compacted snow and ice that forms on land. |
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| The place where glacial flow cannot keep pace with melting is called the ____________________. |
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| ____________________ is sediment that was deposited directly by a glacier. |
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| The Matterhorn is an example of a glacial ____________________. |
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| The most recent ice age occurred during the ____________________ Epoch. |
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| A glacier that forms in mountainous terrain is a/an ____ glacier. |
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| The ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica contain ____ percent of the world's ice. |
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| A glacier can move as fast as ____ per day. |
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| The lower elevation portion of a glacier where less snow is added in winter than melts in summer is called the ____. |
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| The lower end of a glacier is called the ____. |
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| Glaciers erode ____-shaped valleys. |
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| ____ is sediment that was first transported by a glacier and then transported and deposited by a stream. |
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| Rounded ice grains, called firn, form if: |
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| snow survives through one summer |
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| near mountain tops (at high elevation) on all continents |
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| Continental glaciers occur: |
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| Valleys that have been carved by glaciers and have became submerged by rising sea level are called: |
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| A smaller glacial valley that meets the main valley with a large vertical offset is called a: |
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| Cycles identified by Milutin Milankovitch are caused by changes in: |
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| the Earth's orbital parameters (eccentricity, tilt, precession). |
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| During the last glaciation, sea level: |
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| Glaciers are now shrinking in more places and at more rapid rates than at any time since scientists began keeping records. |
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