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Chapter Test
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
1 The cross-sectional profile of valleys eorded by alpine glaciers tend to be
 
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Question 2
2 ____ is composed of sorted and layered material laid down by meltwater from a glacier.
 
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Question 3
3 This photo taken in Yosemite National Park shows what type of glacial landform?
 
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Question 4
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
5 Scouring the surface with rock embedded in the base of a glacier is called
 
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Question 6
6 The glacial landforms in this photo taken in Wisconsin are called
 
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Question 7
7 The "tails" of a drumlin
 
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Question 8
8 Only the Northern Hemisphere was affected by Pleistocene glaciation.
   
 
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Question 9
9 When ice attains a thickness of several dozen yards, the entire mass begins to move.
   
 
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Question 10
10 Outwash plains are smooth, flat alluvial aprons deposited beyond terminal moraines by streams under the ice.
   
 
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Question 11
11 As long as a glacier exists, the ice in it is flowing.
   
 
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Question 12
12 The upper portion of a glacier is the zone of _____ while the lower portion is the zone of ______.
 
ablation; accumulation
accumulation; ablation
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Question 13
13 Match the characteristics to the feature.
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
14 Identify the alpine glacial landforms.

The letters A through D appear on an image associated with this question.

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
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To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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