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This Chapter Test is a comprehensive set of questions that uses multiple ways to assess your comprehension of the chapter material.

This activity contains 15 questions.

Question 1.
The cross-sectional profile of valleys eorded by alpine glaciers tend to be
 
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Question 2.
____ is composed of sorted and layered material laid down by meltwater from a glacier.
 
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Question 3.
This photo taken in Yosemite National Park shows what type of glacial landform?
 
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Question 4.
As shown in this photo from Yellowstone National Park, a huge boulder resting on a competely different type of bedrock is called a(n)
 
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Question 5.
Scouring the surface with rock embedded in the base of a glacier is called
 
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Question 6.
The glacial landforms in this photo taken in Wisconsin are called
 
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Question 7.
The "tails" of a drumlin
 
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Question 8.
Only the Northern Hemisphere was affected by Pleistocene glaciation.
   
 
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Question 9.
When ice attains a thickness of several dozen yards, the entire mass begins to move.
   
 
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Question 10.
Outwash plains are smooth, flat alluvial aprons deposited beyond terminal moraines by streams under the ice.
   
 
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Question 11.
As long as a glacier exists, the ice in it is flowing.
   
 
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Question 12.
The upper portion of a glacier is the zone of _____ while the lower portion is the zone of ______.
 
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Question 13.
Match the characteristics to the feature.
A matching question presents 6 answer choices and 6 items. The answer choices are lettered A through F. The items are numbered 13.1 through 13.6. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A arete
B kame
C drumlin
D esker
E kettle
F horn
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Question 14.
Identify the alpine glacial landforms.
The letters A through D appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 4 items numbered 14.1 through 14.4. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through D. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
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Question 15.
 
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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