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Select the most appropriate response for each of the following questions.

1 .       A glacier __________. 



2 .       Which of the following statements is true of valley glaciers? 



3 .       Glaciers that cover large land areas are called __________. 



4 .       The source of glacial ice is __________. 



5 .       The movement of glacial ice involves __________. 



6 .       Periods of rapid glacial movement are referred to as __________. 



7 .       The __________ is the area of a glacier in which new ice is forming. 



8 .       If ablation is equal to accumulation, then __________. 



9 .       Which of the following is not a factor controlling the erosive ability of glaciers? 



10 .       A steep-sided, pyramid-like peak formed by alpine glacier erosion is a(n) __________. 



11 .       Submerged, steep-walled troughs that formerly held glaciers are called __________. 



12 .       __________ are large boulders that were deposited by glaciers. 



13 .       Sediments deposited by glacial meltwater are referred to as __________. 



14 .       The outermost limit of a glaciers advance is marked by the __________. 



15 .       Milutin Milankovitch first proposed that variations in Earth's climate may be caused by __________. 



16 .       Which of the following is the most recent Ice Age glacial stage in North America? 



17 .       Long Island, Martha's Vinyard, and Nantucket each consist of substantial parts of __________. 



18 .       The Wisconsin boulder illustrated below is made up of a rock type that does not resemble other rocks in the area. The rock is referred to as a(n) __________.

Boulder photo (Courtesy of the National Park Service) 



19 .       Examine the following photograph of a glacial landform composed of stratified drift in southern Wisconsin. What type of glacial feature is this conical structure?

Glacial landform photo (Courtesy of the National Park Service) 



20 .       The snake-like ridge composed largely of sand and gravel shown in this photograph is a(n) __________.

Glacial ridge photo (Courtesy of the National Park Service) 



21 .       The bodies of water shown on this photograph of an outwash plain in southern Wisconsin occupy depressions referred to as __________.

Glacial depressions photo (Courtesy of the National Park Service) 



22 .       The following portion of a Wisconsin topographic map illustrates a glacial landform called a(n) __________.

Topographic map (Courtesy of the USGS) 



23 .       Visit this Glacier Bay National Park site. As recently as how long ago was the bay completly covered by ice? 



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