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	This Space Shuttle view shows the Malaspina Glacier (Alaska), a classic example of __________.   a tidal glacier a valley glacier a cirque glacier a continental glacier a piedmont glacier

	__________ represents a U-shaped valley in the making.   A B D E C

	This shuttle image is centered on the Baltoro Glacier (Pakistan), just south of K2, Earth's second highest peak. The Baltoro glacier is an example of __________.   an ice field a continental glacier an ice cap mountain glaciation a cirque glacier a piedmont glacier

	By looking at a drumlin with a blunt end that faces northeast and a "tail" pointing southwest, you would know that the glacier moved __________.   southwest to northeast southeast to northwest south to north northeast to southwest northwest to southeast north to south

	A conical hill formed of till is called __________.   an esker a recessional moraine a kame a ground moraine a drumlin none of the above

	Globally, glaciers tend to form at ___________.   low latitudes and low elevations high latitudes and high elevations low latitudes and high elevations high latitudes and low elevations

	In response to global warming, one would expect to observe _________ in snowline around the world.   sudden decreases, then gradual increases sudden increases, then gradual decreases increases no measurable change decreases

	If one observes alpine glaciers from low latitudes to high latitudes, _________ will be clearly observed.   increases in mineral content decreases in mineral content decreases in snowline and equilibrium line increases in snowline and equilibrium line

	Global sea levels are expected to __________ in response to global warning and melting glaciers.   fall drastically, then gradually rise remain unchanged rise fall rise and fall sporadically

	_________ are considered depositional landforms, while _________ are considered erosional landforms.   Striations / fjords Erratics / kames Aretes / U-shaped valleys Moraines / horns Drumlins / eskers

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